Lola Rose - Big Birthday (FMS 122 and Snippets 111)

Just finished watching 'Call the Midwife' - I cried!  I'll cry with anyone, totally hopeless, lol.
On to today's card.

I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches:

The image is Lola Rose, (Pink Petticoat - but I'm not sure that it is still available).  Papers are Lily Bimble, freebie from Quick Cards Made Easy mag some time ago, and the snippets are the pink bazzil cardstock, and the tags made with the SU jewellery tag.  Coloured in with Spectrum Noir pens. The sentiments were from a blog, some time ago, and I cannot give credit as I did not put the name of the blog on the file, sorry.
Well, off to join the challenges now - I think the pals in the Snippets Playground will need a sugar rush with all the building for the ark!  The puddles must be so deep that the water has gone over the top of Parsnip's wellies! Lynn x

flying stars

What a dreary, cold Thursday - but never mind, the weekend is just around the corner, and with a bit of luck it could be dry.  I hope everyone has stayed safe.
My card today uses a pre-loved Penny Black stamp called flying stars.

I added a touch of colour to pull in the surrounding backing papers, nd the tag die is a Clearly Besotted one.
Thanks for looking, and see you again soon. Lynn x

Valentine - Sketch 295 (by Cathy)

I came across the image of the dogs in the Crafter's Companion Winter magazine, and then this happened:

I had not planned to turn it into a valentine card, but it just evolved when I looked at the Sketch Saturday sketch.  The images are from the free CD (Frou Frou papers).  The backing papers  are Wild Rose Studio 'Wedding Belles'.  I typed in the 'I wuff you' in Publisher, and copied the image into there to position the sentiment.  The embellishments and banners are also from the CD.  The valentines sentiments are from Clearly Besotted.  Thanks for looking. Lynn x

Seize the sketch 12

I am just in time to enter my card into the current Seize the Sketch challenge.

I have used papers and diecuts from a Kaisercraft Sweet Pea collection which I had free with Quick Cards Magazine.  I inked up the paper a little with distress ink (barn door) and edged the heart in the same colour. Greeting is from Stampin Up.  No matter how hard I tried, I could not get rid of the 'spotlight', sorry. Thanks for looking. Lynn x

Smile please

Hi there, hope everyone is staying safe and dry.  This card is a make from another of  Crafter's Companion sale kits.  Say hello to the Makey Bakey Mice.  I think these critters are delightful.  It really is a super kit.

I used a previous sketch from Sketch Saturday, but was too late to enter.  I got my sewing machine out for this one.  Haven't done that in ages.  See you soon. Lynn x

Rudolph Day - January 2014

I decided this year that I would get ahead with some Christmas cards.  I only did my lovely Mom one last christmas, and no matter how hard I tried I either did not get much time to christmas craft, or my mojo went missing at crucial times - don't you find that happens?!  So here I am joining in for the first time with Sarn's Rudolph day over on her blog here.

The challenge is that you should make 2 cards, but only one post (she explains it much better on her blog).
As my contribution uses all snippets, apart from the card base, I shall be joining in at the Snippets Playground.  Embossing folder and sentiment are Crafter's Companion.  I shall be back soon with another make. Lynn x

What's a collection of bunnies called?!

Hi there, at last the weekend is in sight - such a busy week.  Here are a few more BeBunni cards I have made.  I think I might give them a rest now for a while and try something a little different.

I have tried the Crafter's Companion Centura Pearl card, and I have to say that it behaved very nicely and I do like it. You can see a little bit of the hint of silver in the bottom photo.  My balloons which are floating away were done by the Clearly Besotted die from the Birthday Wishes set.  Hope you have a good weekend. Lynn x

Bunny card

Hi there - I am still making my way through the BeBunni paper kit from Crafter's Companion.  It certainly making me think about creating my own designs rather than using sketches as a jump start.  At least I am learning!

I am not too sure about the banners or stitching - although the flash makes it look as though there is a light underneath the banners, lol.  That would be quite a special card, eh?!
Thanks for looking. Lynn x

Congrats Grad

Hello there, I have a Graduation card today, which I need for my son's girlfriend who graduates next month.

I have used the graduation colours, freestyle computer generated font, and image from google.  Matting is coredinations cardstock, and brads are Stampin Up.  I used the recent sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, but have missed the chance to join the challenge. Never mind, enjoyed using the sketch :-)

Another pinterest inspiration!

Hi everyone, welcome to a wet Saturday! (well, it is here, anyway, lol).  My card today comes from another card I pinned onto my Pinterest board, and here is my take on it.

It is a SU Vanilla base, and cordinations cardstock for layers, and DSP is Modern Medley, and stamps Style Beautiful by Stampin' Up.  (Sorry about the shadows, have put a new bulb in light that I use with photo lightbox, but it does not seem as good - throws a cream shadow.  Will try harder, lol.) Thanks for looking, and have a good weekend. Lynn x

Trying to get the mojo started

 The idea for the above card came from Pinterest, which I had pinned to my board.  I used papers from Raspberry Road Designs (Love Lives Here) which were free in Quick Cards Made Easy magazine some time ago.

This card is a joy fold card which was in the QCME magazine in the card school (May 2013).  This used some papers from the Crafter's Companion BeBunni everyday range which I purchased in the sale to give it a try.  Good quality kit, but I think it is a bit too 'cutsie'  for me - but good value for selling for charity.

Mojo is still not quite up and running.  It took me ages to do these two cards! :-)
Happy crafting - hope you are doing better than I am, lol. Lynn x

A bit of DIY

Hi there,  hope you are having a good weekend.  Here is a piccie of a photo light box that my hubby made me.  I used it when I took the picture on my previous post - it works really well I think.

I used Pinterest as a source of information - isn't technology wonderful! - This uses three pieces of white foam board which we had stored away from when my son was doing his DT project.  It only cost me pennies for the baking parchment and a roll of invisible tape.  The back and sides are taped together so just folds away, and as you can see they just rest on the base, and the offcuts make up the lid.  I just use my desk lamp to shine through the baking parchment. Hope you like. Lynn x

2014

Happy New Year everyone, and I hope that whatever is in store for you this year, there will be much happiness and good health and fortune.  I have spent a lovely day with family, and this pic is of a little gift I have given  to my two (grown up) boys and their girlfriends.

It's a wibble wobble Santa, filled with sweets - but most importantly he is also a money box.  Just the job to get them all into the 'saving for a rainy day' habit.  A good new year's resolution, eh?, lol.  Have a happy day.
Lynn x

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone.  Hope Santa has been, and that you have what you wished for.
I have had a lovely day with my family, and our Christmas Lunch was fantastic.  So that was my Santa wish fulfilled - a wonderful day with family.  Hope you did too.  Happy New Year to you all. 
Hugs, Lynn x

Snippets card no. 2

Hi there, I am back again to join the playground, and, yay, this post will be no.63 on the list - Di will be so pleased!

This card  uses snippets from my Design papers (SU Basic Birthday), and snippets left after making the card base and mat.  Flowers are a Marianne die, and the leaf die and stamp are from Stampin Up.
Thanks for looking. Lynn x

snippets playground - week 100! and Sketch Saturday

Hello everyone, just popped over to Di's blog (here), and she is on week 100 for the snippets playground.  Well done Di! You do a great job.  She would like you to enter your snippets project so that the playground can reach 60 entries, which would be great on such a special milestone week.  I will try and enter up to my 3 entries, and this is the first one, using the sketch from this weeks Sketch Saturday:

 

Snippets I used are a piece of coredinations cardstock, embossed with Crafter's Companion emboss folder, and a piece of design paper from Stampin Up (Basic Birthday).  A snippet of silver grey ribbon, and the stamp is from Clearly Besotted (Birthday collection), stamped onto a tiny scrap of cream card.  Back tomorrow, with another snippet card. Please join in if you can.

vibrant birthday!

Hi there, hope everyone is feeling well, and getting ready for Christmas countdown. 

I was rummaging through my ribbon box and thought I would try and match my card colours to my ribbons as there are a few which have been in the box for quite a while.  This is what came about:

I picked out the two greens and the background to the ribbon is a pale yellow.  The base card is SU gumball green, and then other mats are from my Coredinations cardstock (elements).  The die cuts are Stampin Up, and so are the candy dots.  I decided to leave the die on the leaf and draw around the inside edge with my SU marker to match the card base.  I quite like to look. Sentiment is a Crafters Companion one which I have had for a long time.  Colours are a bit more muted in real life - just can't get the saturation right on photo.

It's about time I got some Christmas cards made - eek!  Have a good weekend. Lynn x

Acid Drops and Whatnots

Hi everyone,  this is a card showing stamps from Acid Drops and Whatnots which I had with a magazine some time ago (I can't remember the name of the mag now!).

The backing papers were also part of the freebie.  This is for a friend who does a lot of swimming, and I thought it would make her smile.  Coloured with my Spectrum Noirs - beginning to get the hang of this blending lark now - (I hope)!
Middle of the week already - how did that happen?  Lynn x

A little shabby chic?

This card is not how I envisaged it would turn out at all!

I thought clean and simple - but ideas just kept running.  The image and background papers come from the CD free from Crafter's Companion Inspiration 3 mag (Camden Town).  The background paper was embossed with butterflies corner Diesire 6x6 embossing folder.  I then rubbed some pink ink around the edges and clear embossed, as I did with the blue mat panel, which was embossed with a sizzix folder and sanded to show core (coredinations cardstock).  Ribbon and butterflies are Stampin Up, and labels are Diesire, from CC.  Bit of bling added.  Thanks for looking.  Enjoy your weekend. Lynn x

Crafty Cardmakers and Sketch Saturday

Hi there, I seem to be in a purple mode at the moment.  My card uses the sketch at Sketch Saturday, and fits Crafty Cardmakers' challenge which is monochrome purple.

The image is a rubber stamp from the new Bebunni range from Crafters Companion, and also the clouds embossing folder is also from a new range by Diesire. Thanks for looking. Lynn x