Vintage - Cheery Lynn Designs

Hi and Good Morning :)

Back again today with my DT card for our new challenge over at Cheery Lynn Designs, where this week our theme is 'Vintage'.  Cheery Lynn have some beautiful and very elegant dies which are perfect for a vintage creation, and I really enjoyed making this style of card.

 

I started off with an 8 x 8 inch blank card base, so this is quite big.  I layered HOTP papers onto Kraft card and pale cream bazzill card, and the same cardstock was used for cutting all the dies. 

 

I used the wonderful Sophia's Heart doily die for the background and the border lace is the stunning Anastasia Border.  I added the Fanciful Flourish die to the side panel and then matted my vintage photograph using Oval scalloped and oval stacker dies.  I tucked  just one from the set of 3 Lace Deco Corners around the edges of the picture and added some pearls.

 

The bottom right hand corner uses Victorian Romance Flourish.  This was the first Cheery Lynn die I ever bought and still remains one of my favourites.  I made some baby's breath flower stems (these were soooo easy!), and the larger white flowers were again nicked out of my pot pourri bowl! :D lol.

 

All dies used on this card are:

Lace Corner Deco H
Sophia's Heart
Anastasia Border
Lace Corner Deco B
Fanciful Flourish
Oval stacker
Scalloped oval stacker
Exotic Butterflies Small #2
Exotic Butterflies - Small
Victorian Romance Flourish
Embellishment #2 - Baby's Breath
Hummingbird
Love
Rose Leaf Strip

I hope you find time to enter our challenge this week, I love looking at all the creative ways everyone interprets the challenges and uses these dies, its such a pleasure.  Dont forget, there is also daily inspiration from the other talented members of the DT over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog, so check back often :)

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

Live & Love Crafts - Autumnal colours
Allsorts Challenge - Stitching
Sketch Saturday - Fab sketch - I flipped it to the side - hope thats ok :)
 

Have a smashing day, and thanks so much for visiting today.

GDT @ Tuesday Morning Sketches

 

Awww...... well this is my last week as a GDT for Tuesday Morning Sketches, and I have absolutely enjoyed every single sketch!  Thank you so much ladies for having me, it was a real pleasure.

 

This weeks challenge is sponsored by Meljens Designs, who generously gave us some super-cute images to play with.  I adore this wee chappie called  Autumn Flower Mouse and found him real fun to colour.

 

I used MME papers, Kraft Card and green Bazzil card, and the dies are all Cheery Lynn except the wheat die tucked behind some more pot-pourri stash! lol :)

 

Sorry for the quickie post......... it was my birthday yesterday and I had a late night! lol

 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog and have a great day,

 

Cheery Lynn Designs - Texture

Hi and Good Morning :) 

 

Our new challenge over at  Cheery Lynn Designs this week is 'Texture' and as always the winner will get a fabulous $20 voucher to spend online at the Cheery Lynn website, so well worth joining in if you can.

 

I really enjoyed making my card for this weeks theme, and was aiming for something fresh, light and delicate.  I usually have some kind of image as a focal point on my card, but the Celtic Heart die provided a perfect centrepiece.

 

I started off with a 6 x 6 inch blank card base and layered ice white pearl card and blue bazzil cardstock.  I then used the Dotted Swiss embossing plate on the pearl card for texture, and added the Border Carnivale and some dotty ribbon at the bottom.

 

The gorgeous Large Sunflower Doily is perfect for this size of card and creates a beautiful background to the stacked circles and Celtic heart centrepiece.  Finally I added Darling Daisies and the word LOVE from the new release sentiments.

 

All dies used on this card are:

 

Celtic Heart

Dotted Swiss Embossing Plate

Border Carnivale

Large Sunflower Doily

Darling Daisies

Love

Silver stacker circles

Scalloped stacker circles

 

I hope you find time to play along with the challenge this week, and I look forward to seeing more fab entries.  Dont forget, there is also daily inspiration from the other talented members of the DT over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog.

 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today, I seem to be playing catchee-up with my commenting, but I will be round to visit everyone in the next couple of days :)

 

GDT @ Tuesday Morning Sketches

Good Morning :)  I hope everyone is having a great week so far.

Today sees the start of a new challenge and a great new sketch over at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  This weeks sponsors are Stampfairy, and I adore these images, so well worth playing along if you have time.

I stitched HOTP papers onto ice white Centura Pearl card, and used the same cardstock for all the dies.  The border and image frame are Spellbinders, the tag is DooHickey and the Holly Lace Flourish, snowflakes and sentiment are Cheery Lynn.  I coloured the image with Flexmarkers (love those icy pale shades) and finished it off with some glitter and much forgotten bling :)

Thanks so much for looking at my blog today, and I will be back later today with some VERY EXCITING NEWS!! :)

Sweet Stampin - Halloween

Good Morning and happy weekend! :)

My card today is for our new challenge over at Sweet Stampin where this week our theme is Halloween.  We are sponsored by the ever-generous Joanna Sheen for the monthly prize and also by Letraset for the weekly winner - brill prizes and a great excuse to enter and share your spooky creations!

 

Now I wanted to keep this card kinda light, clean and simple for me and most of the work was done on my digi-cutter.  I layered First Edition Noir et Chic papers onto black bazzil and used the same card for the die-cutting.  The gorgeous spidey web is Cheery Lynn, and the bat, witch and sentiment were done on my cameo.

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

Charisma Cardz - Clean & Simple - this really is for me!
Papertake Weekly - Boo
I ♥ Promarkers - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Eeerie Inspiration
Divas By Design - Something Spooky
Crafty Catz - Halloween
Stamptacular Sunday - Boo-tacular
Dream Valley - Halloween

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today, and have a smashing weekend,

Smashing Pumpkins

Good Morning fellow crafters and bloggers :) back again for a 4th day running - woah !

Our new challenge over at Cheery Lynn Designs this week is Corner Adorners, and as always the winner will get a fabulous $20 voucher to spend online at the Cheery Lynn website.  There have been some stunning creations made this week with the new release dies from Cheery Lynn and I thought I would showcase a few more of the new dies today on this cute seasonal birthday card.

 

I started out with a 6 x 6 Kraft card base and layered cream and green bazzil cardstock, MME papers and inked the edges with brushed corduroy DI.  I used a fabulous Mo Manning image called Punkin (which is the first digi I ever bought), and then had a great time playing about with some really fun dies.

I joined each Corner die with one of the brilliant Expandable Tiny Border dies - this is now officially my new favourite border die - I love it! :)  I added acorns in the corners, extra leaves and I used the Quilling Strip die to make the rolled swirls in the top corners too.  The wonderful Fall Pumpkin dies cut beautifully and have great texture, but most of all I love the twiddly bits that come with them - they too are so much fun! 

Finally, the mini 3d pumpkins were - yes, you guessed it -  nicked out of my pot pourri bowl - lol  :) 

 

All dies used on this card are:

 

Lace Corner Deco A

Dimensional Small Leaves # 2 - Acorns

Quilling Strip

Expandable Tiny Borders

Wreath Strip

Fall Pumpkins

Happy

Birthday

 

I hope you find time to play along with our challenge this week and dont forget there is also daily inspiration from the other very talented members of our DT over on the Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog.

I am entering this card into the below competitions:

I ♥ Promarkers - Anything Goes
Mo's Digital Challenge - B is for Boys & Birthday
Deep Ocean Challenge - Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge - Too Cute to Spook
Stamptacular Sunday - Boo-tacular
Emerald Faeries - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Boo
Creative Craft Challenges2 - 3 - I have 3 pot pourri pumpkins on my card
Simon Says Stamp & Show - Favourite - Technique - Die Cutting
Simon Says Stamp - Eeerie Inspiration
 

Have a smashing day, and thanks so much for visiting my blog.

 

GDT @ Tuesday Morning Sketches

 

 

Morning :)

 

Back again today with another card - I seem to be on a roll! - lol

 

Today sees the start of a new sketch over at Tuesday Morning Sketches and I cant believe this is my third week as a GDT - its going so fast! 

 

For my card I layered MME Lost & Found Christmassy papers onto bazzil, cream and kraft cardstock and coloured the gorgeous LOTV image with my trusty PM's.  The dies are a mix of Marianne, Spellbinder and Memory Box and the fab street lamp is Cheery Lynn Colonial Lamp Post. I added twine and a wooden button and as you can see I also raided the pot pourri bowl again - it was a different bowl this time though - lol :)

 

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

 

Lili's Little Fairies - Classic Christmas

Simon Says Stamp - Dies or Punches

Totally Gorjuss - Traditional Christmas Colours

DTDF - Die-ing for a Challenge - Spots &/or Stripes.  I hope my stripey scarf and gold dots count - if not then please delete my entry ladies :)

 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today, and I will be catching  up later :)

Cheery Lynn - NEW RELEASE DIES!

 

Hi and Good Morning :)

 

Today sees the launch of some absolutely gorgeous New Release dies by Cheery Lynn, and just WOW!!

 

There are some fabulous, seasonal, inspirational and very practical dies that you will use over and over again and I am really  excited by the sentiment sets - they are so useful.  I often forget to add a greeting or sentiment to my creations and to have a wee die with just the right words to hand is brilliant !

 

My card above showcases just 3 of the dies released today, the glorious Lacey Angel, Snowflowers  Set 1, and the smallest 'Celebrate' sentiment.  The matching tag below uses 'Love' and more of the snowflowers (set of 3 different designs).  The main tag was cut out using the Horizon Coved Rectangle smallest die and the matching coved rectangle die.

 

 

Please pop over to the Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration blog to see more of the fabulous new release dies and all the gorgeous work by the rest of the DT !

 

Last week my internet didnt want to play nicely and blog pages kept crashing, but I will be endeavouring to catch up with everyone this week, so will be popping along later.  Have a smashing day,

Autumn Breeze - Joanna Sheen Challenge

Good Morning & Happy Sunday  :)

Today sees the start of a new challenge over at the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog and this fortnights theme is 'Autumn Breeze'.  The winner will as always receive a brilliant £20  voucher to spend online, so well worth joining in with your seasonal projects ! :)

I used this gorgeous Country Kitchen - Crab Apple stamp set and totally enjoyed doing something completely different for me.  I was aiming for a bit of a grungy look and thats my excuse for learning to paint with Distress Inks - lol.  I used MME papers, MS butterfly punch, and Spellbinders dies.

Now, I am quite an experienced and enthusiastic die-cutter, but I have to say that that wheat die is the most fiddly, time consuming die I have ever used.  It took me a good hour to finally get one piece out without tearing, but I wasnt going to let it beat me.  Most fiddly dies get better with use, but this one proper had me pulling my hair out and kicking off !

The embellies were found in my pot pourri bowl, so the card even smells nice too ! :)

Thanks so much for looking at my blog today and have a smashing Sunday

Hello Pumpkin

 

 

Hi and Good Morning :)

We have a great new challenge this week over at Cheery Lynn Designs of   'Black & Orange'. and as always the winner will receive a $20 coupon to spend online at the Cheery Lynn Store.

 

Now I was kind of nervy making this weeks project as Orange is SO out of my comfort zone, but once I got started it was nice to dip into some much neglected orange stash and I was really pleased with how this turned out. :)

 

I layered black bazzil cardstock, MME and Prima papers onto a 6 x 6 inch card base and then went to town on the dies.  Cheery Lynn have some awesome Halloween and seasonal dies and I used the Spider Web Doily, Spooky Tree, Going Batty, and Witch Hunt themed dies on this card.  I matted my image onto the gorgeous Horizon Coved Reflection die and shadowed it in black card behind.  I also used my favourite Lace Light Deco border die on this card as its so versatile!

 

All dies used on this card are:

 

Lace Light Deco Border

Horizon Coved Rectangle Reflection

Coved Rectangle Classic Silver Stacker

Spooky Tree

Going Batty

Witch Hunt

Spider Web Doily

Small Silver Stackers

XM Scalloped Circle

 

I hope you find time to join in this week, its such a fun time of the year to create something kooky and unusual, and I look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing some fabby creations.  Dont forget there is also daily inspiration from the other talented members of the DT over on our Cheery Lynn Inspirations Blog, so check back often! :)

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

Sketch Saturday - Fab Sketch
I ♥ Promarkers - Halloween (Boo!)
Crafts & Me - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
One Sweet Challenge - Halloween
Deep Ocean Challenge - Anything Goes
Moving Along With the Times - In The Dark
Crafty Catz - Autumn
Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes
Oldie But Goodie - Inspired by Song - Bewitched
Simon Says Stamp - Dies &/or punches
 

 

Have a smashing week, and thanks so much for visiting my blog today

 

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches - GDT card

 

Hi and Good Morning :)

 

Today sees the start of a fabby new challenge and a brand spanking new sketch over at Tuesday Morning Sketches.

 

I loved this sketch as it gave me a great excuse to use one of my favourite Marianne D dies and not feel guilty at how quick and simple it was :) lol.  This is also one of the few christmas images I have used more than once as thats really quick and simple too.  I think I could make this card over and over again and just change the paper - lol.

I used MME xmas papers, cream and kraft cardstock, and the brads, gems and twine were from stash.  The Merry Christmas die is Cheery Lynn.

I am entering this card in the following competitions:

Simon Says Stamp - Glimmer and Sparkle
Divas By Design - Texture
Mariannes Design Divas - Stamp Something


Thanks so much for checking out my blog today - I will be back again tomorrow and along to visit later,

 

Sweet Stampin - Through the Window

 

Good Morning :)  I hope everyone has some fabby crafting time planned for the weekend.

 

Now todays new challenge over at Sweet Stampin is 'Through the Window', and this can be interpreted in so many ways - not just a window image, but apertures, or acetate would be great too !

 

We are sponsored this week by Sew Sweet who have a great prize on offer, and also our regular monthly sponsor is Joanna Sheen.

 

I felt the need to step up my xmas card making, as I seem to have fallen behind this year and only have about 4 - lol :)  I used blue and white Bazzil cardstock, MME paper and the dies are mostly Marianne D.  I made the tiny poinsetta type flowers using the snowflake plate from Cheery Lynn (there are some really teeny tiny ones on that) and the fence is spellbinders.  The fab sentiment is from Digital Downloads .

 

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

 

Just Magnolia - Anything Goes with fabric

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Distressing

Crafts & Me - My sentiments exactly

Divas By Design - Texture

Simon Says Stamp - Glimmer & Sparkle

 

 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today and have a smashing weekend !

 

 

Cheery Lynn Designs - Halloween Challenge

Good Morning fellow crafters and bloggers! :)   Dont ya just love autumn? 

 

I adore this time of the year, the misty mornings, glorious colours, wind, rain, dark nights and things that go bump in the night! lol :)  October is also my favourite month as its my birthday - I was born 2 days early for Halloween, although my mum used to say I was quite a little witch anyway! :D lol.

 

This weeks challenge over at Cheery Lynn Designs is Halloween and my card today uses some of my favourite Cheery Lynn Dies ever!  I started off with a 6 x 6 blank card base and layered MME papers onto black American Crafts cardstock.  This is also the same paper and card I used to cut all my dies with.

 

For the border I cut 6 of the spider web corners and then added the gorgeous French Lattice Die (which is sooo elegant) on top.  I layered the smallest of the 2 of hearts die for dimension and tucked that behind. The cute bats (yes I think bats are cute!) look brilliant when they are cut and come in 3 sizes.  The flowers are made from my favourite Roses dies and the leaves and stamen are from the increasingly useful Build a Flower set.

 

The gorgeous Morticia image was gifted to me from my special blogging buddy Judy who thought I needed cheering up after having a tooth removed last week :) aww !  It certainly did the trick - I LOVE this image !  Thanks hun ! :)

 

All dies used on this project are:

 

Lace Corner Deco H

French Lattice Small

Going Batty

Build a Flower #1

2 of Hearts

Large Rose

Medium Rose

Miniature Rose

Silver Stackers - Ovals

Scalloped Stackers - Ovals

 

 

You still have lots of time to enter our Halloween Challenge this week, so I hope you find time to join in and I look forward to seeing some very spooky creations!  Dont forget there is also gorgeous and fresh inspiration from the rest of the uber talented DT over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog.

 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today and have a smashing week!

 

GDT @ Tuesday Morning Sketches

If you are looking for the Joanna Sheen blog hop post, you will find it HERE

 

Hi and Good Morning :)

 

Now I think I can count one one hand how many times I have had a blog post on a Tuesday but I was so delighted and absolutely thrilled when my good friend Theresa asked me to be a GDT for the Month of October over at Tuesday Morning Sketches - I LOVE sketches ! :)

 

Sooooooo, onto the sketch:

 

 

I used a 7 x 5 card blank and layered Olive green bazzil card and K&Co paper scraps.  The gorgeous Hummingbird die is Cheery Lynn, the other dies are a mix of Nellie Snellen, Spellbinders and Cheery Lynn and the border punch is MS.  The cute image and sentiment set are Tiddlyinks.

 

Thanks so much for looking at my blog today, I will be back again tomorrow (Wot? 3 days running - lol) so I hope everyone has a smashing day ! :)

Joanna Sheen Blog Hop

 Hiya everyone and welcome to the 

Joanna Sheen Challenge Autumn Blog Hop!!!

Our blog hop is a hop with a twist as all the DT have had a great time creating with just ONE Joanna Sheen House Mouse image!

 

The image we have all used is the House Mouse image of the little House Mouse Juggling leaves off the "Tumble" rubber stamp sheet and the papers we have all used are from the Summertime Designs freebie kit "Falling for fall" which you can all download for yourselves here.

 

The STAR Prize for 1 lucky random winner is this fab set of 4 Autumn House Mouse stamp sets

Each DT member also has a fab individual prize of pretty Autumnal ribbons/twine and a gorgeous selection of leaf charms so there are 9 – Yes….. 9 chances to win!!!

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is become a follower of the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog and then leave a comment on every member of the DT’s blogs on their blog hop post and on the challenge blog hop post.   

On sunday 7th October each DT member will pick a winner by random.org from their comments and announce their winner on their own blog on Monday 8th October, so don't forget to check back on all the DT blogs to see if you're one of our lucky winners.

All week the challenge blog will be showcasing other crafters cards who have all kindly agreed to make a creation using exactly the same stamp and papers as the rest of the DT.  I hope you check back to the challenge blog throughout the week to see all the different designs! 

The Hop

If you have landed here from Sandies blog then you are hopping in the right direction - If not then you need to pop over to the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog to begin.

The order of the blog hop is as follows:

 

Paula

Teresa

Natalie

Jane

Sandie

Alison - You are here :)

Sue H

Kat

 

So from here you need to hop to Sue's blog to hop along in the right direction!

 

Good luck everyone :)

XXX

PS - I am entering this card in the below competitions:

 

Wild Orchid Crafts - Anything Goes
Live & Love Crafts - Autumnal Colours