Holly Pond Hill

Hi Crafters,

I won this lovely CD-Rom recently at Allsorts Challenge. The images are so cute and have matching papers and sentiments so I have been making some cards with it and here is one of them.

The CD Rom is called Holly Pond Hill and the image, papers and sentiment are all taken from it.

I have just used a frame die from my stash, some organza ribbon and a brad to embellish it.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

CD Sunday Plus Challenge - #20 ATG

A Bit More Time To Craft - #101 ATG

Thanks for joining me today, see you again soon.

Lorraine

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Passion For Promarkers Challenge #513 Mythical Creatures

Hi Crafters,

Yes I have another shaker card for you today.

This is my Design Team inspiration for Passion For Promarkers

Our theme this time is...

MYTHICAL CREATURES

Recipe

Image - Magical Unicorn - All Dressed Up

Coloured with Promarkers

Tattered Lace Picot Edge Circle Die

Sequins

Apple Blossom Banner Die

Magazine Freebie Sentiment

Glitter

Challenges I'd like to enter:
All Dressed Up Challenge - #97 ATG with an ADU Image

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - ATG
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - #449 ATG
Crafty Catz - #476 ATG

We'd love to see what you make for our challenge this week. Please remember to use your Winsor Newton Pro, Flex, Brush, Tria, Aqua or Metallic markers on your project to be in with a chance of winning the fab prize of 2 digital images from our sponsor...

All Dressed Up

Pop over to the challenge blog HERE for more inspiration from the rest of the design team.

Well that's all from me today,

See you soon,

Lorraine 

xXx

Christmas Card Club Challenge #20 Icicles

Hi Crafters,

Firstly I have to apologise to my CCC ladies for being a day late in posting my card and what makes it doubly bad is that it was my challenge too!

So sorry ladies but last week was just so busy and I was unprepared for Sunday to arrive so quickly.

Anyway here is my card with the theme of 

Icicles.

Recipe

Image - Hunkydory 's Little Book of Festive Flurry

Paper - LOTV Frozen Snowflakes paper pad

Pearlescent Card Stock

Marianne Designs Icicle Die - LR0392

Sue Wilson Mini Expressions Die - From Our House To Yours

Unbranded Snowflake Die

Glitter Glass

Challenges I'd like to enter:

 CHNC Every Saturday - #457 ATG/For Someone Special

Fab n Funky - #450 Christmas

Aud Sentiments - #236 ATG + Sentiment

Crimbo Crackers - #194 ATG

Rudolph Day Challenge - ATG Christmas

I hope you have a great start to the week.

Thanks for stopping by.

Lorraine

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Stop, I want To Get Off!

Hi Crafters,

It's been a VERY busy week and as my title suggests I want it to stop now please :)

I've managed a few comments along the way but haven't posted anything here all week so today I'm going to remedy that.

I won the fabulous Spellbinders 'Tropical Paradise' Background die which arrived this week and just had to make a card using it. I have also used Spellbinders Labels Fifty One dies for the mats behind my fun clipart monkey. Some Charisma die cut leaves left over from another project which were on my desk and the Sizzix Planks Dies made great places to add my words.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Allsorts Challenge - #538 Trees and Leaves

Creative Moments - #177 ATG opt. Masculine

Cardz 4 Guyz - #229 Trees or Leaves or Both

Crafty Creations - #399 ATG

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #529 Animals

Thanks for visiting my blog today, I love reading your comments and each one is very appreciated.

See you again soon,

Lorraine

xXx

A Couple of Shakers! :o)

Hi Crafters,

I've been on a shaker card making fest.

I have two to share with you today which were commissioned with particular themes in mind.

The first is using a Celtic Dreams Die by Lavinia Stamps called 'Hidden Secrets'. I love those whimsical houses.

I've also used a Lavinia Stamps printed background behind my acetate, I love the colours in this woodland night sky print. I've filled my shaker with lots of sequins in various blue shades and some glitter for good measure.

The fairy die is unbranded and the stamped sentiment is a magazine freebie.

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My second shaker card is for someone who loves their cruise holidays and so I decided to create a porthole from mirri card using two circle dies of different sizes, adding the hole reinforcer cutouts from a tag die for the rivets and placing a picture behind it. The embossing on the background is a Tim Holtz folder. My champagne glasses are also shakers and are filled with glass beads. These were rather fiddly to create as I cut out the centre of the glass ( a Marianne Designs die) using a craft blade.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Love To Craft - #38 ATG

Brown Sugar - #293 ATG

Moving Along with the Times - #106 Use Acetate

It's lovely to see you here again today, thanks for stopping by.

Lorraine

xXx

Christening Dress

Hi Crafters,

 I'm sure that many of you, like me, have a stash of lace and trims in your craft room and when I was asked to create a Christening card recently and the brief was 'pretty and girly' I came up with this design.

Recipe

Crafters Companion Brick Embossing Folder and Arch Window Die

Tattered Lace Picot Edge Frame die

LOTV Sentiment Stamp

Pearls and lace from my stash

I set about making the dress by drawing half the shape on a folded piece of paper and cutting it out. When unfolded it makes the full dress shape, an easy way to ensure it is symmetrical. I used this template to cut out the dress in pearl card and embossed this to create the swirly pattern.

Then I added the layers of lace for the frills of the dress and trimmed the neck and sleeves with pearls.

The card turned out quite chunky so I had to make a box for it too.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Embossing Wet/Dry

Creative Inspirations - Lace & Pearls

I said I'd share some of my holiday photo's with you so here are a few of Portmeirion which we visited, with it's brightly painted buildings.

We walked across the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct alongside the canal boats. It crosses the Dee Valley and is 38m high. I really don't like heights but held on to the rail tightly. :o/

This is the view looking back over the side after we'd walked across...

The holiday cottage where we stayed

...and after climbing the hill behind it this was our reward.

 See you soon,

Lorraine

xXx

Passion for Promarkers Challenge #511 - Use 3 of Something

Hi Crafters,

I'm back today with another shaker card.

This one is for the new challenge at Passion For Promarkers.

I chose the theme this week of 

USE 3 OF SOMETHING

I've used 'Birthday Ewe Trio' from Bugaboo Stamps and coloured them with my Promarkers.

To create the grassy border I've used several brands of  dies, Magnolia Doohickey, Cheery Lynn and Creative Expressions, then

a Sue Wilson Stitched frame die and lots of sequins in the shaker.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #114 ATG

A Bit More time To Craft - #100 ATG

Ally's Angels - #26 ATG

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Bling It On

Moving Along with the Times - #106 Use Acetate

We'd love to see what you make for our challenge this week using 3 of something. Please remember to use your Winsor Newton Pro, Flex, Brush, Tria, Aqua or Metallic markers on your project to be in with a chance of winning the fab prize of a $12 gift code from our sponsor...

Bugaboo Stamps

Well that's it from me today, thanks for calling by and I'll see you tomorrow.

Lorraine

xXx