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

 

Cheery Lynn Designs - Kraft Challenge

 

 

Hi and Good Morning :)  Back again today with my card for our new challenge over at the Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge blog where this weeks theme is  'Keep It Krafty' .  As always the winner will receive a brilliant $20 voucher to spend online in the Cheery Lynn Store.

 

I used a 6 x 6 inch Kraft Card base, and all the layers and dies were cut from one other additional card base so everything would match.  I layered Prima Romance Novel Papers and inked the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  I made the gorgeous bunting by using the Pennant die and cutting one layer in card and one layer from paper. 

 

 

The 'waste' from the paper sits perfectly on top of the pennant, and I still have the paper pennant to use on another project.  I coloured my image with Distress inks and a gold pen, and the background was created using the Fall Leaves embossing plate - I was really pleased with how this turned out, as its quite a subtle effect and didnt overpower the image or the rest of the design. 

 

I stamped my sentiment on one of the new sentiment frames as these are a perfect size for cards, and  layered 2 of Hearts, Mini Flourish, Dimensional leaves and a button, and finally added twine, card candi and a charm from my stash to finish.

 

All dies used on this project are:

 

B170 - Mini Flourish One

D123 - Buttons

D103 - Pennant Die

D134 & D133 - Dimensional small leaves #1 & #2

DL128 - 2 of Hearts

B189 - Sentiment Frames

L4 - Silver stacker circles

XL-5 - Scalloped circles

G4 - Fall Leaves embossing plate.

 

You have until Sunday to join in, so lots of time left to enter our challenge and join in the fun, and dont forget there is always fresh daily inspiration from the other talented members of the DT over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog.

 

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

 

Creative Craft Challenges - Anything Goes

Bearly Mine - Add a Sentiment

Crafts & Me - Fave colour - black

The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoes - Distressing

Natalie & Amy - Anything Goes

Saturday Challenge - Distressing

A & T Challenge - Flourishes and Swirls

 

I hope everyone has a smashing day today and thanks so much for popping by,

 

 

GDT @ Make My Monday - Vintage Travel

Sooooo......... this is my last card today as a GDT for Make My Monday, and its gone so fast ! :)  Thanks so much ladies for having me, the challenges have been really inspirational and I have enjoyed every one ! :)

 

The theme this week is 'Vintage Travel Around the World'.  This was another challenge that had me rooting through my stash as I knew I didnt have any stamps that would fit the bill.  I do however have heaps of vintage ephemera and old images but as they are part of my 'treasured stash' I dont like to use them ! lol :D

 

I found an old paper pad from Crafty Individuals with quite an eclectic mix of vintage images and just mixed them with some MME Paris and Co papers, Flowers from WOC and  MS Deco Fan PATP. 

 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog and for all the lovely comments on my last card and my blogger issues.  I know I get quite hissy over blogger changes, and am extremely reluctant to even entertain the idea of changing my browser to google chrome - I dont think I should have too ;)  I suspect most of my issues are to do with very slow satellite internet, and thats not something I have a choice over, so I will just have to 'get on with it' :D lol !

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

Wild Orchid Crafts - Autumnal colours
 

I hope everyone has a smashing week, and I will be popping along to catch up later,

Sweet Stampin - Use a Charm

Oh my days - I am not a happy bunny! :(  Where did my old blogger go?  My internet speed is rubbish at the best of times and it really cant cope with all these new features and widgets, it had me in tears yesterday as not one page, post or feature would load. :( Bah! (I got signed out of this page twice whilst writing!)

I sent the appropriate feedback to google/blogger - I dont think they will like it! LOL!! :D

Anyway, onto cheerier things - my card for today is for our new challenge over at Sweet Stampin where this week we want you to show us your charms! :)  We are sponsored by the ever generous Joanna Sheen for our monthly prize and also by Emerald Faeries for the weekly prize.

I used another of my favourite Bugaboo images from the bonnets collection, and just coloured with PM's.  The backing paper is Fizzy Moon, the border is Memory Box and the snowflakes are all Cheery Lynn dies. 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today, and I hope everyone has a smashing weekend,

Make My Monday - GDT - Vintage Wedding

Good Morning :)  I hope everyone is having a good start to the week.  There was a distinct feel of autumn in the air yesterday, and it rained all day too- bah!

This is my 2nd card as a GDT for the Make My Monday challenge where the month long theme is Vintage and this week it is 'Vintage Weddings'. 

The gorgeous picture was from a set of ye olde postcards from Joanna Sheen and as they are no longer available I never want to use them up!  I always meant to stick them in a photo album and pretend some of them were my ancestors! lol :D

I stitched Prima and HOTP papers to cream card, and used 2 different MS PATP to make the backing mats.  The dies are a mix of Cheery Lynn, Memory Box, Doo Hickey and Marianne and the flowers are WOC.  I threaded pearl seed beads onto the flower stalks and the charms are from stash.  The organza ribbon is Joanna Sheen and the gorgeous hat pin was made by my blogging buddy Karen (thanks hun).

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

Wild Orchid Challenge - Layer it up

Die-ing for a challenge - Anything Goes

Marianne's Design Divas - Summer

Thanks so much for looking at my blog today and have a smashing week! :)

Sweet Stampin - White On White

Good Morning fellow bloggers and happy weekend! :)

Todays card is for our new challenge over at Sweet Stampin, where this week our theme is WoW.  We are sponsored by our regular monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen, and our weekly sponsors are Letraset, and also one of my teamies Natali's own shop Iva Nova Chest - so some fabby prizes up for grabs!

For my card I used Ice Pearl Centura 300gsm cardstock and layered up embossed and die cut panels.  The dies are a mix of Spellbinder and Doo Hickey and the ribbon and pearly flowers are from stash.  I coloured this cute Tilda with ProMarkers and added some translucent glitter in crystal and pink.  This was my second attempt at this card and is actually re-constructed as my original Tilda looked too small and a bit lost against all the layers and dies.  As a result I'm still not very chuffed with it, but I will chalk this one down to experience! lol :)

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

The Sketchy Challenges - Fab sketch

Just Magnolia - Anything Goes

I have been a bit MIA or 'off the grid' the last couple of weeks due to our summer holidays, so I thought I would share with you a photo my husband took last night of Eilean Donan Castle.  This was featured in the film Highlander many years ago and I think one of the most iconic places in Scotland.  Its a favourite picnic spot of ours and also much better to visit when most of the tourists have gone home too! lol :D

I hope everyone has a smashing weekend, and thanks so much for visiting my blog today.  I shall be catching up over the next couple of days and thanks so much for all the lovely comments. :)

Cheery Lynn Designs - Stitch it Up

Good Morning :)

So our new challenge this week over at Cheery Lynn Designs is to use stitching (real or faux) somewhere on your project.  Stitching is probably my favourite thing to add to cards as it makes it feel really personal and always looks like it took ages to make.  ;)  Its much quicker for me now I have got the hang of the mini sewing machine though! lol.  As always the winner will receive a brilliant voucher for $20 to spend online in the Cheery Lynn Store.

I started off with a 6 x 6 inch blank card base and stitched First Edition Isabelle papers to brown bazzil cardstock.  I cut the gorgeous Fanciful Flourish in brown card and stuck to the pink paper panel tucked behind the main image.  The beautiful border is the Celtic Weave die with the Queen Anne's Lace at the bottom.  The fabulous doily is from the new releases and is called Pinwheel - this is a stunning die and cuts brilliantly! :)

I added some mini dimensional butterflies for a bit of flutter and a wooden flower and button from my stash.

All dies used on this card are:

Fanciful Flourish

Celtic Weave

Queen Anne's Lace

Pinwheel Doily

Mini Dimensional Butterflies

Silver Stackers

Scalloped circle stackers

You still have lots of time to enter the challenge this week, and dont forget there is always wonderful daily inspiration from the rest of the DT over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration blog.

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

Make My Monday - GDT - Vintage Fashion

No your eyes dont deceive you - it really is a Monday and yes, tis' a post from me!! :) lol.

Last month I was absolutely thrilled and very honoured to be asked to be the GDT for September by the lovely ladies over at Make My Monday - thank you so much! :)  The theme of 'Vintage' runs for the whole month, and this weeks challenge is 'Vintage Fashion'.

This had me scratchin' my head a bit, as though I love vintage I dont really 'do' fashion of any era! lol ;)  Anyway, after a good old rummage through some of my mums stash I found these gorgeous wee cameos which I think came from The Glitter Girls(?).

I stitched Prima Faery Belle papers to black bazzill cardstock and used an MS punch for the deco style mat.  I used a mix of spellbinder and Memory Box dies, added flowers from WOC and pearls and pins from stash.  Pretty simple card :)

I would like to enter this card in the below competitions:

Wild Orchid Challenge - Layer it Up

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Crafts & Me - Birthdays

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today and all the lovely comments, they always make my day! :)