Christmas at Sweet Stampin - Snowflakes

 

Morning :) 

 

First of all a moan........ yesterday we had so much snow, and it fell heavy all day long.  Poor hubby got taken off the road by a gritter (which wasnt even gritting!) and its written our car off :(  Luckily no one was hurt, but it took him hours to get home, and now we have all the kerfuffle and rigmarole (Keith Lemon brought this word back into my vocabulary - lol)  of sorting out insurance, claims and a new car! Tut and Bah!

 

Anyway, my card today is for our new challenge over at Christmas at Sweet Stampin, where this month our theme is Snowflakes!  Our fabby sponsor is Funky Kits and they are giving the lucky winner 2 Gorjuss Girl stamps so a brilliant prize!

 

Now I would like to say this was my first attempt at colouring an image with DI re-inkers, but it wasnt - it was about the 8th attempt! LOL :)  But it is my first card made using them in this way though.  They will take a bit of practice I can see that now, and I think I need better brushes too.   The colours on this look much less dodgy IRL, but I am having a few probs with my wee digi-camera.

 

I stitched  MME papers onto cream DCWV card and used 2 different MS snowflake punches.  The dies are a mix of Cheery Lynn (tags) Marianne and spellbinders.  The laser cut snowflake was from very old stash and the wooden snowflakes were from Countryview Crafts.

 

Thanks so much for checking out my blog today, take care,  and I will catch you later :)

 

Ooh, I've been published! :)

Hi and Good Morning :)

I have been bursting to share this! :D lol.  My card today was recently featured in the 'Cutting Edge article in 'Scrap & Stamp Art Magazine', and I was so chuffed and proud when I found out it had been chosen. 

I thought it fitted this weeks theme of 'Frame It' over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge perfectly too as it uses one of my favourite frame dies - Polynesian Sails Oval. 

 

I started off with a 6 x 6 inch Kraft Card base and stitched and layered MME Paris & Co papers.  I framed this fun Lili of the Valley image with the top part of the Polynesian Sails die and used the matching Angel Wing to create the backing in Kraft card.  The border is the brilliant Pennant Die which I cut twice, once in Kraft and layered a 2nd cut in paper for contrast.  The embossing on this die is perfect and always comes out superb. 

 

I made the variety of flowers using a mix of Build A Flower dies and the larger tatty flower is BAF #2. I then added the tiny flowers using the Buttercups in Embellishment #2 set, and finished the card off with some pearls and pearly brads.

 

The corner metal embellishement was hand-made by me on a wire jig and the pins were hand-made by my blogging buddy Karen.  I printed the sentiment on my pc.

 

All dies used on this card are:

 

D103 - Pennant Die

DL153 - Polynesian Sails Oval

DL153a - Polynesian Sail Angel Wing

Spikey Flowers - BAF#1 - B181 - Stamen

Shabby Flower - BAF#2 - B187 - Petals for the large shabby flower

Buttercups - Embellishment #2 - B188 - Stamen and Buttercups.

 

I hope you find time to join us again this week, you still have lots of time to enter.  Dont forget there is also daily inspiration from the rest of the talented DT over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog.

 

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

 

I ♥ Promarkers - One for the Girls

Moving Along with the Times - Only Girls Allowed

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Flowers & Pearls

DTDF - Dieing for a Challenge - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

 

 

Have a smashing week and thanks so much for visiting today!

 

 

Joanna Sheen - Black & White

 

Hi and Good Morning :)

 

I hope everyone has managed to keep warm and dry this week!  Not sure what the weather has in store for us today, but yet again we have snow forecast.... zzzzz..  :) lol.

 

Anyway, my card today is for our new challenge over at Joanna Sheen, where this fortnight our theme is 'Black & White'.  This is such a classy colour combo, and looks really effective whether you are feeling CAS, artsy or cutesy!  As always the winner will get a fab £15 Joanna Sheen voucher to spend online, and a chance also to be our GDT.

 

I used an adorable digi image taken from the Daisy and Friends CD and just coloured lightly with Flexmarkers and PM's.   This was quite a quick card to make, as the dotty paper and the MS PATP seemed to almost finish the card themselves.  I added Memory Box and Cheery Lynn dies, and a few black gems for some bling.

 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today, and I will be endeavouring to catch up next week.  We have had my dads dog to stay for some housetraining recently, and 4 mad dogs running round my feet has not been condusive to blogging or crafting - LOL! :)

 

 

Pretty in Pink

 

 

 

Hi and Good Morning :)

 

Our new challenge over at Cheery Lynn Designs this week is 'Tickled Pink', and it was lovely to play with some light floral colours and shapes, especially in January! lol.  The lucky winner will receive a $20 voucher to spend online in the Cheery Lynn Store, so a fab prize too!

 

I used a 6 x 6 blank card base and layered First Edition papers onto 300gsm ice white pearl card.  This cardstock was also used for the doily, border and corner die cuts,  and it gives a brilliant clean cut, even on the most intricate dies.  The 2 corner dies are from the  Lace Corner Deco I  set, and the beautiful border at the bottom is the Border Carnivale Die trimmed with some spotty pink ribbon and a bow.

 

I then matted an adorable Mo Manning image onto the gorgeous Sunflower Doily die.  This is a fabulous size, as it fills a 6 x 6 card pefectly, but still gives you lots of room to add other embellishments.   The large flowers use both sizes of the Judy's bloom dies held together with pearl brads.  The smaller flowers are Darling Daisies, and the leaves are a mix of Pine Branches and Olive Branches

 

All dies used on this card are:

 

DL181 - Large Sunflower Doily

B174 - Lace Corner Deco I

DL129 - Border Carnivale

C184 - Judy's blooms

DL112AB - Small Exotic Butterflies

B146 - Pine Branches

B147 - Olive Branches

Build A Flower - Embellishment #1 - Stamen

A196 - Darling Daisies

L-4 - Silver Stackers - Circles

XL-5 - Scalloped Stacker Circles

 

 

I hope you find time to enter this week, we love seeing your Cheery Lynn Creations! :)  Dont forget there is always fresh daily inspiration from the rest of the talented DT over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog

 

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

 

Die-ing for a Challenge - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoes Crafts - Anything Goes

Crafts & Me - Favourite embellishment - Pearls

Totally Gorjuss - Flowers

 

 

I hope everyone has a smashing week and thanks so much for visiting today.

 

 

Sweet Stampin - Ribbons

 

Good Morning :)  I hope everyone has some fabby plans for the weekend.  We will be staying warm and cosy today, as about another 4 inches of the white stuff fell again last night!

 

My card today is for our new challenge over at Sweet Stampin, where this week our theme is 'Ribbons'.  Our monthly sponsor is The Ribbon Girl,  and our weekly sponsor is Crafty Ribbons - aaaah, I geddit! lol :D

 

Now I think I mentioned in my previous post I have been having a crisis of confidence with my colouring, so this week I fought off a few demons, and tried not to get so wound up or precious about it.    I coloured this gorgeous LOTV image in with PM's and matted onto white American Crafts and DCWV cardstock.  The papers were a smashing christmas present from my blogging buddy Paula, so I have no idea what they are and the rose and seam binding are WOC.  The sentiment is LOTV and the tag die, heart die and filligree frame hooked around my image are Cheery Lynn.  The border punch is MS and the heart brads are from very old stash.

 

I have finally completed my DI refill collection, so intend to have a bash painting with those.  If anyone has any tips or suggestions on flesh colours, hair colours etc I would really appreciate it, as I am starting from scratch.  I have the DI pens, and didnt really get on with those, so I am hoping I fare a little better with the inks (fingers crossed!).

 

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

 

Lili's Little Fairies - Anything Goes

I ♥ Promarkers - Anything Goes

Passion For Promarkers - Fave colour combo - my mum used to call this 'blood and bandages'.... but I LOVE to see red, white and green! :)

My Mums Craft Shop - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Use a bow

 

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

 

Christmas at Sweet Stampin - Cold & Frosty

Brrrr!.. Its still blimmin freezing here, and still too much of the white stuff knocking about too!

 

Anyway, it proved to be very inspirational and fitting weather to make a card for our monthly challenge over at Christmas at Sweet Stampin.  We are sponsored by the excellent My Mums Craft Shop, so a brilliant prize on offer this month too!

 

I stitched Memory Box christmas papers onto white bazzill card and coloured in a gorgeous Sylvia Zet (Wee Stamps) image with promarkers.  I LOVED colouring this in.  I have struggled a bit lately with my colouring mojo, as I tend to leave it to the end, and then feel under pressure to get it done before the daylight fades so I can photograph it - tut! :)  Talk about giving yourself unnecessary pressure - lol :D

 

The dies are a mix of Cheery Lynn, Memory Box, and spellbinders and the border punch is MS.

 

I hope you find time to join us this month, its good to make an early start on those xmas cards, and I think thats why I also enjoyed making this card too.

 

Now I thought I would share a couple of pictures of the Cheery Lynn Booth at the CHA show.

 

This picture is courtesy of Nigel and Rosemary Merry (Crab Apple Crafts) - who gladly obliged me (or humoured me) with hunting down the booth and uploading some pictures! lol  :)

I also nabbed a few photographs from the Cheery Lynn Facebook page   I was well chuffed to see so many of my cards on display and I thought the whole booth looked so bright and colourful.  There are some stunning designs from all of the DT, I think I would have stayed hours just looking at them all.

 

 

 

Anyway, thanks so much for visiting my blog today, stay warm and safe, and have a smashing day,

 

 

Sweethearts - Cheery Lynn Designs

Hi and Good Morning :) 

 

My card today is for our new challenge over at Cheery Lynn Designs where this week the theme is 'Sweethearts'.  Valentines day is just around the corner, but hearts also make a lovely addition to any card for someone special.   The winner will receive a fabulous $20 voucher to spend online in the  Cheery Lynn Store.

 

I used a 6 x 6 inch blank card base and stitched MME papers onto pink Bazzill card.  I layered the beautiful  Lady Kate Edger border and the waste from the Celtic Heart Border onto the horizontal paper panel, and then added the Large Heart to Heart Doily Die.  This die is really versatile, with lots of layering components, and so I used the inner heart shape to mat my image too.  I then cut the smallest die from the Two of Hearts, and also the Celtic Heart Die in white for some contrast.  The tiny flowers are made from the BAF embellishment sets and I added some pearls from stash.

 

All dies uses on this card are:

 

DL106 - Heart to Heart Doily Die

B144 - Celtic Heart

B237 - Celtic Heart Border

DL128 - Two of Hearts

B161 - Lace Corner Deco A

Build a Flower - Embellishments #3

Build a Flower - Embellishments #2

B278 - Lady Kate Edger border

 

I hope you find time to join us this week,  and you still have plenty of time to enter.  Dont forget there is always fresh inspiration from the rest of the talented DT over on our Cheery Lynn Inspirations Blog.

 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today, and I will be back again tomorrow with another card to share.

 

 

 

Marvelous Magnolia - New Beginnings

 

Morning :)

 

Hope the weather isnt too bad where you are today - its still very cold here, but yesterday I was out with the dogs and the most beautiful snowflakes were falling :)

 

My card today is for our new challenge over at Marvelous Magnolia, where this weeks theme is 'New Beginnings'.  We are sponsored this week by The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop, so a really fabby prize too.

 

I used the gorgeous Tilda With Wand for my card, and raided my scrap box for paper, and card scraps.  I used a mixture of Doo Hickey, Cheery Lynn and spellbinders dies, and coloured my image with PM's.  The brads, pearls, flowers and twine are from stash.

 

I am still struggling along with my internet - QSat have a progressive throttling system throughout the month, so unfortunately things just seem to get slower and slower :(  Its pants tbh, but I keep plodding on :)

 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today, and I will be trying to catch up later (if I can get pictures to load!) lol :)

 

 

Cheery Lynn - Snowflakes

Hi and Good Morning - BRRRR!!!! Its Freezing here!

 

Our new challenge over at Cheery Lynn Designs this week is Snowflakes, and they are a gorgeous addition to winter greetings cards, giving the effect of lace and flowers all in one go!  Cheery Lynn make some of the most delicate and intricate snowflake dies, so you cant fail to make a stunning card with them.  The lucky winner will receive a $20 voucher to spend online at the Cheery Lynn Store too, so well worth playing along.

 

My card uses a 6 x 6 scalloped blank card base, and I layered white bazzill card with icy blue paper.  I matted my image with scalloped and classic circle stackers, and centred it onto the gorgeous Italian Flourish Doily die.  This is one of the most delicate doilies, and looks like a beautiful snowflake in itself.  The pretty border is the stunning Lady  Kate Edger (from the awesome New Releases), and I cut both sides of a strip of card to make this a double border.

 

I mixed and matched snowflakes in different sizes, but I also added the Italian Flourish Tiny Doily to the back of the sentiment and also the large snowflake. 

 

All dies used on this card are:

 

B278 - Lady Kate Edger

DL103 - Italian Flourish Doily

DL233 - Italian Flourish Tiny Doily

DL169 - Snowflake 5

DL166 - Snowflake 2

DL226 - Snowflowers Set 2

M4 - SM Silver Stackers (sentiment circle)

L-4 - Circle Classic - LG Stackers

XL-5 - Scalloped Stackers

 

I hope you find time to join in the challenge this week, and I look forward to seeing some gorgeous, icy creations.  Dont forget there is also daily inspiration over on our Cheery Lynn Inspiration blog too, where you can see more of the wonderful new release dies being used.

 

Thanks so much for visiting today and have a smashing week,

 

 

New Beginnings - Joanna Sheen

Hi and Good Morning :) 

Back again today with my card for our new challenge over at the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog, where this time our theme is 'New Beginnings'.  As always the lucky winner will win a £15 voucher to spend online at the Joanna Sheen website, so well worth joining in :)

 

I used a gorgeous decoupage sheet from the Little Suzy's Zoo set, and these are so cute!  I dug out some of my old skool 8 x 5 inch landscape cards and just layered some K&Co paper onto soft blue bazzil cardstock.  I used Cheery Lynn & spellbinder dies, MS patp, white ribbon, fibre and charm from stash.  This card felt quite effortless and quick to make, as the decoupage fills the space beautifully.

 

I hope you find time to check out all the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the DT and also play along if you can.

 

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

 

Cheery Lynn Dies - New Releases!

2nd Post of the Day

 

Oooh, I'm so excited and extremely proud! :)  Not only do I have lots of my cards on display representing Cheery Lynn at the CHA show, but today sees the launch of the NEW  RELEASE DIES, and I have to say they are AMAZING! :)

 

This has to be the biggest and most stunning new release yet, with gorgeous doilies, flowers, 3d pockets/pouches/gift bags, words, cutie fringes and borders and my absolute favourite - MINI TAGS! :)  I actually had an input in some of the mini-tag designs, and requested small tag dies that you can stamp your sentiments on and layer them up in contrasting backing card.  They are ACE! 

 

My top card uses the beautiful new doily - Chasing Rainbows, some super-cute Tiny Things with Wings (featuring bumbly-bees, ladybugs, dragonflies, and birds), Leaf Edger Border and the really gorgeous Daisy Strip, where you can cut multiple layers of daisies in different sizes all in one go!

 

 

 

My second card again uses the Chasing Rainbows Doily die, Cutie Fringe border (rolled into the tiny aster type flowers), Lady Kate Edger border, leaves, new words and some fab Mini Tags - even the holes line up when you layer them! :)  There are also some mini doilies this time too, which are so cute!

 

If you want to see more of the gorgeous new dies, then please hop over to the Cheery Lynn Inspiration blog and see what the rest of the talented DT have come up with.  

 

All dies used on the above projects are:

 

Chasing Bumble-Bees & Daisies:

 

DL229 - Chasing Rainbows Doily

B266 - Tiny Things with Wings

B277 - Leaf Edger Border

B259 - Daisy Strip

 

B187 - BAF#2 (leaf)

A196 - Darling Daisies (for the smaller layers)

 

Missing You:

 

DL229 - Chasing Rainbows Doily

B264 - BAF #3 (leaves)

B258 - Cutie Fringe 4

DL234 - Tiny French Doily

B266 - Tiny Things With Wings

B260 - Mini Tags 1

B252 - Missing

B278 - Lady Kate Edger

 

B235 - You

 

 

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

 

Sweet Stampin - Gingham

1st Post of the Day

Hi and Good Morning & Happy Weekend! :) Yay!

My first card today (for yes, there will be more........) is for our new challenge over at Sweet Stampin, where this week our theme is 'Gingham'.    We are sponsored by the fabulous Stamp and Create, and also our brilliant monthly sponsor The Ribbon Girl.

Now I dont use a lot of gingham, (I prefer stripes and spots) but it does give a really fresh and yet cosy feel to this card.  I used one of my favourite Penny Black images, K&Co paper, ribbon, pearls and wooden charms from stash.  I cant tell you what the bumble-bees and tag dies are, as I am sworn to secrecy until my next post! LOL :)

Thanks so much for visiting my blog, and I will be back later with some brilliant new release Cheery Lynn dies!

Cheery Lynn Designs - Winter Whites

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

Our new challenge this week over at Cheery Lynn Designs is 'Winter Whites', and so this is a lovely excuse to brighten up a dark January with a sparkling fresh card.   The winner as always will win a fabulous $20 voucher to spend online at the Cheery Lynn Store.

 

I started off with a 6 x 6 blank card base and used American Crafts textured cardstock for all the matting, layers and die cuts. 

 

I cut the elegant French Lattice Frame for the background as it added depth and always looks really stylish.  The borders are the beautiful Anastasia lace border, and to hide the join to the frame I cut a delicate strip from the Expandable Tiny Borders die plate.  This is a really useful multiple border die.

 

I coloured a cute Sylvia Zet digi image and layered onto circle stackers and the gorgeous Pinwheel Doily die.  The snowflowers are a mix of different snowflakes layered up and secured together with pearl brads.

 

All dies used on this card are:

 

FRM 132 - French Lattice Small

B136 - Anastasia Border

B209 - Pinwheel Doily

B215 - Expandable Tiny Borders

B164 - Lace Corner Deco D

DL166 - Snowflake 2

DL169 - Snowflake 5

DL225 - Snowflowers Set 1

DL226 - Snowflowers - Set 2

XL-5

L-4

 

I cant wait to see what everyone comes up with this week, and you still have plenty of time to enter our challenge.  Dont forget there is always fresh and inspirational ideas to be found on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration blog too.

 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today, and I will be back later in the week to showcase some of the AMAZING new release Cheery Lynn Dies - they are utterly brilliant! :)

 

Have a smashing week,

 

 

Winner of my Candy! :)

Just popping by to say thank you to everyone who entered my 'bad blogger' candy draw.   I wish I had more prizes to give away, as it was lovely to see so many familiar faces and lots of lovely new ones too!

 

Anyway, without further ado, the winner chosen by Random.Org is:

 

Thats you Nic! :)  Congratulations hun!   
Please email me (via link in My Profile) so I can arrange to pop your prize in the post.

 

I hope everyone has had a smashing weekend and I will be along to catch up over the next few days,

 

Friends - Cheery Lynn Designs

 Blog Candy still open here until 6th January 2013

 

Hi and Good Morning and Happy New Year! :)

I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas and New Year holiday and got lots of great stash from Santa!  I got a much needed sewing machine and I love it, its going to save me oodles of time I reckon!  Hubby thinks it will be used for stitching up ripped trousers, and making my own curtains, but I definately have no plans for any of that! - LOL :D

Anyway, its great to be back blogging after a wee break, and its also nice to be able to share someting light, fresh and not at all christmassy!

My card today is for our new challenge over at Cheery Lynn Designs where this weeks theme is 'Friends/Friendship'. As always the lucky winner will win a $20 voucher to spend online at the Cheery Lynn Store, so I hope you find time to join in.

I used a super-cute Tilda, coloured with PM's and layered MME papers and salmon pink bazzil cardstock.  This cardstock was used for all the matting and die cutting, and it cuts beautifully!

 

I centred my image onto scalloped and circle stackers and then onto the gorgeous Italian Flourish Doily die.   I added some Lace Corners, Butterflies and one of the cute squiggly borders from the  expandables set.  The sentiment was cut out and matted onto coved rectangle stackers - these are brill! - the smallest ones look just like tickets and with 6 sizes in each set they go big enough for most sentiment stamps too.

 

All dies used on this card are:

 

DL103 - Italian Flourish Doily

B215 - Expandable Borders

DL133 - Exotic Butterflies - SM#2

B173 - Lace Corner Deco I (3 in set)

D138 - Mini Dimensional Butterflies

XM11 - Coved Scalloped Rectangle

M10 - Classic Coved Rectangle

You still have lots of time to enter this challenge and the winner will be announced next Monday.  Dont forget there is always fresh and inspirational projects uploaded daily by the rest of our talented DT over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration blog too.

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