A Day to Catch My Breath

Hi Crafters,
I've been such a bad Blogger lately, only popping on here to comment periodically. I know everyone is busy this time of year but for some reason, - maybe lack of organisation, or just trying to cram too much in to the time I have - I have been chasing around like a mad thing and not getting anywhere fast. I have been making lots of cards but some I am unable to share with you for various reasons but today I have two quick little card makes inspired by that fabulous place full of ideas - Pinterest.

I made 40 of these which were sent out to family and friends and some for my stall. They feature the Mosaic punch from Stampin' Up along with the matching stamp set and some other stamps from my collection. I also mixed and matched the colours on some alternating the red and the green baubles etc. just to keep my own sanity whilst batch making, lol.

Challenges:

Brown Sugar - #124 Red, White and Green

Sister Act - #87 Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - #60 Anything Goes

Come and Get It - Merry Christmas

Crafty Card Makers and More - #129 Christmas

TTCRD - Anything Goes

 

Thanks for joining me here today and I will see you tomorrow for my early Christmas Card Club post.

 

Lorraine

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - Inspiration from Something in your Home

Hi Crafters,
It's time for another challenge over at Top Tip Tuesday. Today we would like you to take inspiration for your project from an item in your home.
I love Fairies and have a little collection of Fairy Doors on my craft room windowsill so I have used one of these as my inspiration for a wall hanging today.

 

 ...and here is the wall hanging which I am going to hang in my craft room also.

 

 Recipe

Embossalicious Vintage Décor embossing folder

Salty Ocean & Mowed Lawn Distress Ink

Crafty Notions Gilding Wax in Verde Gris, Peacock and Gold

Spellbinders Splendid Circles Die

Gold Embossing Powder

Wood grain embossing folder

Cottage Cutz Leafy Foliage Die

Magnolia Events Flags Die

Beadazzles fine beads

glittered gems

Silhouette Cameo for the words and fairies.

 

 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

A Creative Romance - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - #59 Anything Goes

A Little Bit Crafty - Anything Goes

Scribble & Scrap - #33 Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays - #236 Embossing (Wet / Dry)



 

We are sponsored by Fred She Said and they are giving away a $20 Voucher for their store.
http://fred-she-said-store.blogspot.com/

Check out my fellow DT members' creations at Top Tip Tuesday and then come and join in the fun!

 

See you soon,

 

Lorraine

LOTV Art Pads

Hi Crafters
Just popping in to share a couple of quick cards that I have been making for my stall. I have two Craft Fairs coming up and I haven't seen daylight trying to make enough stock. Still it hasn't really been daylight these past few days, it's so dismal here at the moment. These cards should cheer you up though -

The idea for these came from Mrs B's Blog where I saw some gorgeous Thank You cards that Lorraine had made using the LOTV Art Pads, you can find her post HERE.
I added a little bit of glitter here and there, some Britannia die-cut words, ribbon and bling.

I'd like to enter in to these challenges:

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - #122 Anything Goes

Sister Act - #85 Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - #58 Anything Goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - #57 ATG / Keep It Simple

Sketch Saturday - #338 Using Sketch #278

A Little Bit Crafty - Anything Goes but NOT Christmas

CHNC Patterned Paper Challenge - December Challenge

 

Thank you for visiting me today, I really appreciate the time taken to visit and comment here by so many of you. I try and visit each in return but please be assured that although I don't always have time to comment I do look at your lovely work.

See you soon,

 

Lorraine

 

613 Avenue Create Challenge # 100 - Make A Calendar

**If you are looking for my CCC card then please scroll down**

Hi Crafters,
The challenge at 613 Avenue Create this time is ATG/Make a Calendar. With our fabulous sponsors offering great prizes you would be silly not to enter, go and have a peek at the inspirational projects on our blog and then join in with us, the more the merrier.

I've made an easel calendar this time using the gorgeous image from Bugaboo - Scene It - Ladybugs
and coloured it with my Promarkers, added a red ribbon and button, mounted the calendar on to a die cut panel using Spellbinders Romantic rectangles die and added an Inkylicious sentiment.

 

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Not Just Cards - #7 Anything Goes
TTCRD - Anything Goes
Passion For Promarkers - #275 Bloomin' Marvellous
Little Miss Muffet - #99 Clean & Simple
Crafty Catz - #257 Anything Goes
Brown Sugar - #122 Anything Goes
Sister Act - #85 Anything Goes
Creative Fingers - #58 Anything Goes
Country View Challenge - Bugs, Bees and Butterflies
Crafty Little Fairies - Not A Square

 Catch The Bug Challenge - Stuffed (use left over papers)

 

Now let's see what you can all come up with, I'm sure you have some fabulous ideas already in mind so come and join us, our sponsors are giving away some great prizes again...

 

http://www.bugaboostamps.com/

 

 

  http://www.fitztown.com/digi-stamps.html

 

 



   http://fred-she-said-store.blogspot.com/


Bye for now

Lorraine



Christmas Card Club Challenge #25 - 'All I Want for Christmas'

Hi Everyone, hope you are well and have managed to make a start, if not finished your Christmas shopping and card making. I have a little more to do but feel quite good about how organised I am with my Christmas cards this year and it is all down to belonging to this great Christmas Card Club and the incentive it gives me to make Christmas cards all year through. So thank you very much Margaret for running this lovely group and all the other friendly members who I have come to know very well over this last year, I have thoroughly enjoyed it.
Now back to business... this time was Asha's turn to choose a theme and she gave us 'All I Want for Christmas'. Now having gotten to know the group well I am sure they won't be offended by my card this time, it is a little tongue in cheek, but I thought it was very funny, albeit a bit saucy, here goes...

Recipe

Pre-coloured Image - Unknown, sorry

Paper - DCWV

Stampin' Up Pleated Ribbon

Papermania Poinsettias

Mei-Flower Pearls

SB Ribbon Banner Die

Stickles

I have had this image stored on my computer for ages just waiting for the right moment and I think, this is it. It was such a long time ago that I acquired this image, before I started to keep a record of where things came from, that I have no idea so I can't give credit, sorry. It is also decoupaged, perhaps this next picture showing it at a slight angle makes it more apparent.  The sentiment inside the card carries on from the front with '...is YOU!'

Challenges
Scribble & Scrap - #32 Anything Goes
TTCRD - Anything Goes
A Creative Romance - Something Old (Digital Image)
Crafty Catz - #257 Anything Goes
 

A list of all the members in our little group is in the CCC tab at the top of my blog, please go and take a look at their lovely creations. We have one more challenge on the 14th December before we break for Christmas and then we will be back in the New Year with some more great challenge themes. Why don't you play along with us and by Christmas 2015 you too will have all if not most of your cards already made!

See you soon,

 

Lorraine

Guest Designer at Elisabeth Bell's World

Hi Crafters,

**If you are looking for my Top Tip Tuesday post please scroll down**

Today I would like to share with you a card that I made for my guest design spot at Elisabeth Bell's World . The theme for their challenge this time is 'Christmas Creations' and the stamp I used is a Whimsy Stamp called ' Two Turtle Doves', isn't she the most adorable little girl.

Recipe

Elisabeth Bell - Two Turtle Doves Stamp

Promarkers

Papers - LOTV/Nitwit 'Twas The Night'

Papermania - Red paper

Marianne and Joy snowflake dies

American Crafts Ribbon

Pearls

White glitter

 

The snowflakes are very glittery in real life but are not showing it here :(

These images are great to colour and I really enjoyed trying some new (to me) colour combos. So come on, get out your stamps or digital images and join in, I'm sure you all still have a few more Christmas cards to make and then you can enter it in the challenge.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Elisabeth Bell's World - Christmas Creations

I Love Promarkers - #246 A Christmas Sing Song ( On the Second Day of Christmas My True Love Gave To Me, Two Turtle Doves)

Diva's By Design - Let It Snow

Creative Moments Make It Sparkle

Crafty Catz - #256 Winter Theme

Fussy & Fancy - #127 Pairs/2 of a Kind. (Two Turtle Doves)

One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes

Penny Black & More - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Snow

 

Thanks for stopping by today,

 

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