Lyndi's Craft Addiction

Tic Tac Toe, Design Team Call & Happy New Year!

2012-01-16T13:01:00.003Z

Good Afternoon Blogland

Happy New Year!

I haven't been around for a while mainly because of Christmas and a painful sore back that I have been suffering (I think from lifting a small child about).

Am feeling better now though, so have managed to get some crafting done.

Over at The Crazy Challenge this week we are playing Tic Tac Toe (Noughts and Crosses to us UK folk). You have to use 3 elements,like winning a line of Tic Tac Toe. This is the grid:

and we are sponsored this week by the wonderful Digi Doodles. You have the chance to win a $10 gift certificate to spend in their store.

This is the bookmark that I made for Tic Tac Toe, I used Ribbon, Image and Gems.

We're also having a Design Team call over at The Crazy Challenge as we are looking for some new team members, so be sure to pop over to the blog and read all about it

Thanks for looking

Anything Goes at The Crazy Challenge

2011-12-05T22:49:00.001Z

It's another Challenge over at The Crazy Challenge this week, and the theme is 'Anything Goes'

This is a card that I made for Christmas! Well it is just 21 DAYS until Christmas!! Yes - you did read that right - aarrgghhh. Although I have done quite a bit of shopping, just have mainly awkward men folk to buy for now :o/

Anyway - back to my card :oD

Sorry about the crap photo. Had to take pics in a hurray, coz I was selling them for charity, so didn't have time to faf about getting it just right! I did sell him, to Ross' nursery teacher who was wanting cards for her grandkids (sold another Santa one to her too). We raised some money for a charity in Malawi - over £400 in all - not bad for a wee nursery class ey!

Ingredients
Image: Di's Digi Doodles
Sentiment: See-D's
Medium: Promarkers
Paper and CS: From Stash
Embellishments: Cuttlebug Christmas Trees (die and emboss), Gems from stash

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Sarah Hurley - Challenge 55 Christmas
One Stitch at a Time - Challenge 91 Be Square
Bee Crafty - Challenge 57 It's Christmas

Thanks for looking and be sure to pop over and join The Crazy Challenge

Winter Blues!

2011-11-27T15:33:00.002Z

I'm back!

Finished my card I was working on so back to show you the results! It's for the above named challenge over at Ladybug Crafts Ink this week and they are also looking for a Guest Designer to join them for a while.

I just had to take part as blue is my all time favourite colour - I just love, love, love it. Soooo many glorious shades, just yummy.

Here's the card:

and a few wee close ups ;o)

Can you tell how much I love blue?

Ingredients:

Image: Bildmalarna

Medium: Promarkers

Papers & CS: Winterwonderland by Dovecraft and CS from stash

Embellishments: Glamour dust, Spellbinders Snowflakes 3 die, Sizzix Scribble Swirls die, Ribbon from Kars, ribbon slider and bling from stash.

I'd like to enter my wee blue card in the following challenge:

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge #43 - Winter Blues

Passion for Promarkers Week 127 - Swirls & Sparkles

I ♥ ProMarkers Challenge 93 - Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz Challenge #46 - Snowflakes

The Poodles Parlour - Christmas

Thanks for looking ;o)

A Couple of New Blogs

2011-11-27T10:19:00.005Z

Morning from a very windy West Coast of Scotland. Thought I was going to wake up to carnage, listening to the wind last night, but outside looks as if it is still in one piece, so that can only be a good thing. Sun is now trying its best to spirit away all this wild weather - bless it LOL.

There are a couple of new blogs on the go that I have been asked to DT for. The first is ATCs with Attitude. I have a vast collection of these little treasures and they are fun to make as well as a good way of getting rid of all your scrap card making bits n bobs. Pop on over to ATCs with Attitude to find out more.

The next is Fat Pages with Attitude. Fat pages are 4"x 4" creations of art, that you can either use to create a little album of art or I have been know to use a couple as card toppers from time to time. Pop over here for more info on this blog and to have a go. This is my Fat Page for the first challenge, using a Kenny K digi:

There are some great sponsors over on these blogs including Kenny K, MelJens, Dezina World, Delicious Doodles and Stitchy Bear, so come on. If you've never tried these crafts before here's your chance and you could win a lovely prize just for trying out a new craft.

I'll be back later with a couple of things that I'm off to finish just now.

See ya later

600 Followers Candy at The Craft Barn

2011-11-14T17:50:00.002Z

Hellooooo

Just a wee post to let youknow about the fabby candy over at The Craft Barn. They are celebrating having over 600 followers and there are some really yummy goodies to be won by one lucky person.

Here's a pic to tempt you over to join the fun:

The Craft Barn is a fantastic blog, givingyou some in depth tutorials on how to use just about everything, and they also sell all the bits if you want to give any of the tutorials a try.

Come on over and join in the fun and see if you will be a lucky winner!

The Crazy Challenge # 92 - Something with Wings

2011-11-07T13:01:00.003Z

Good afternoon.

Feels like ages since I've been online, between internet not playing nice and kids I consider myself lucky to be here at all!

Over at The Crazy Challenge this week we are looking for creations with the theme 'Something with Wings'. So come on - let's see all your beautiful butterflies, bugs, birds even angels if you're busy with Christmas cards (which is where I'll be right after this post).

We are sponsored this week by Fresh Brewed Designs who have a lovely varied selection of digi images. Go on - pop over to their shop by clicking their name - you know you want to...

Here's my card with a fabby ladybug design from Fresh Brewed:

How cute is that digi image, they must be tired out with all that flying about :o)

When you post your entry over at The Crazy Challenge, you could also be chosen as a Guest Designer, by adding GDT after your name.

Ingredients:

Image: Fresh Brewed Designs

Medium: Promarkers and Chalks (for clouds)

Papers: Pepper and Friends

Embellishments: Birthday sentiments and wodden ladybugs from stash.

Thanks for looking folks

The Crazy Challenge #90 - Scary Ladies

2011-10-24T13:01:00.004+01:00

Afternoon blogland!

Over atThe Crazy Challenge this week we want to see some Scary Ladies and we also have a sletch for you to follow. We are being sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs and you have the chance to win 4 Digis of your choice.

This is my card for the challenge:

Isn't she a sexy witch. When I was making the card Ross (4) said 'look mum it's you!' I wish I looked that good, but hey my 4 year old thinks so LOL.

This is a close up of the witch. I made her into a slider card so that she really flies on her broom.

You just pull the spiders web to make her fly. I've never made a slider card before so am quite chuffed with how well this turned out.

Pop on over to The Crazy Challenge and let's see your Scary Ladies.

Ingredients:
Image: Sassy Studios, Whimsy & Tanda
Medium Promarkers and Black Soot Distress Ink
Papers and CS: From stash
Embellishments: Ribbons from stash

I'd like to enter the above card in the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Spoooooky Hues
Stamping for the Weekend Challenge 19 - Spooky
The Poodles Parlour - Spooky Halloween
Craft Your Days Away Challenge 31 - Halloween Colours
Here Come the Boys #13 - Halloween
The Crafty Pad #144 - Halloween
Dream Valley Challenge 18 - Halloween

Thanks for looking

The Crazy Challenge #88 - A sketch and optional Autumnal colours!!

2011-10-10T22:52:00.002+01:00

Evening all

Over at The Crazy Challenge this week the challenge is to follow the sketch, there is also an option of adding autumnal colours to your card. Here's the sketch:

...and here is my wee card following the lovely sketch:

Kind of autumnal (well there is a lot of orange). Isn't he a cute lil mummy. You can buy him at Di's Digi Downloads, who are sponsoring our challenge this week and if you enter you could be lucky enough to win a wee prize from Di's Digis.

I love Halloween. I'm getting my costume ready for when the kids come to my door. I dress up as a witch (wot do you mean, do I need a costume?) and when they come to the door to scare me I jump out first haha - they think I'm nuts, but I don't care a jot :o)

Ingredients for the above card:
Image: Dis' Digis, Tanda Stamps (pumpkins)
Sentiments: Whimsy Stamps, cut with Whimsy Ticket Die
Paper: Raspberry Road
Medium: Promarkers and Spiced Marmalade distress ink
Embellishments: Ribbon, CS and spiders from stash.

I'd like to enter the above card in the following challenges:
Cupcake Craft Challenge 163 - Halloween
I ♥ Promarkers Challenge #86 - Spooky
Sarah Hurley Challenge 51 - Halloween Horrors
Charisma Cardz Challenge 40 - Black and Orange
Sparkles Forum Challenge #22 - Halloween

Have a spooky Halloween when it comes, but remember to stay safe out there...

Thanks for looking and please leave me a comment to let me know you were here.

77 Days til the Jolly Fat Man gets here!!

2011-10-09T20:25:00.002+01:00

So - where did this year go??? Only 77 days left til Christmas. Last Christmas feels like yesterday!

I really need to get my skates on shopping wise, hate the stress of last minute shopping.

Here is a wee Christmas card that I finished off today, after a wee jaunt to a car boot where I picked up a 3D frame for 50p :o) - not much else took my fancy, but the frame was a bargain!

The image is from Di's Digis, they have some really cute Christmas images over there, and the sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps. We also have a Christmas Challenge on over at The Crazy Challenge, where you have to use no red or green, so why don't you pop over and have a go - you might even be lucky enough to win a wee prize.

A few close up images of the above card:

Ingredients:
Image: Di's Digis
Sentiment: Whimsy Stamps, cut with Ticket Die from Whimsy
Medium: Promarkers and Dusty Concord Distress Ink
Papers: Forever Friends & CS from stash
Embellishments: Roses, carnation and metal corner - Wild Orchid Crafts; heather, ribbon, bling and crystal stems from stash, CS punched with Martha Stewart Bubble edge punch.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers - #53 Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Sparkle & Bling
Glitter Geeks - Week 18 Flower Power
Crafts 4 Eternity - Recipe # 40 (followed their lovely sketch)
Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog - #51 Inspired by a Christmas Song - "Tis the Season to be Jolly"
One Stop Craft Challenge - Week #152 Anything Goes
One Stitch at a Time - Challenge #83 - Anything Goes
By the Cute & Girly - Anything Goes 2nd Birthday Challenge
Bee Crafty - Challenge 55 Bling

Thanks for looking and any comments you are kind enough to leave!

Lxx

The Crazy Challenge #87 - Think Pink (Breast Cancer Awareness)

2011-10-03T13:01:00.003+01:00

Afternoon bloggers

Scotland has been dreich over the past few days, makes me wish I lived a bit further south.

Well what can Iexpect with winter just around the corner :)

Over at The Crazy Challenge this week we are Thinking Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we are sponsored by Limited Runs Digital Stamps who have some great digis for all kinds of occassions (I have been over browsing the Halloween section - mmmm - spoookkyyyy) and they are offering 3 digis of choice to the winner. So - here's my card for the challenge and for the party over at Link Up For Pink thanks for the info Celeste:

You can buy the ribboned cupcake over at Limited Runs and the Hope ribbon on the bottom of my card is a wee freebie at the moment. I made the card using my nestie and positioned it on a fold so that when cut it formed a card. Think I need a bigger die-cutting machine now so I can use bigger nesties for making cards (well Christmas is just around the corner).

Wee close up pics of the card:

Ingredients:
Images: Limited Runs
Card: Cut with Lacey Circles Nestie
Papers: Tea House by Dovecraft
Medium: Promarkers
Embellishments: Butterfly punch, paper flowers, brads and pearls from stash, Frosted Lace Stickles & Glossy Accents

Thanks for looking folks, now lets see your pink creations over at the Crazy Challenge and hop over to the Link Up For Pink and join the fun to be in with a chane to win some wee prizes as well as raising awareness of Breast Cancer.

The Crazy Challenge #86 - Three Colours of your Choice

2011-09-26T13:01:00.003+01:00

Hi Blogland

Just a quick post from me, as life seems to be very busy at the moment and time is slipping through my fingers these days.

It's time for another challenge at The Crazy Challenge, you have to choose 3 colours of your choice for your creation.

This is the card I made:

I chose red, green and white, as I have about a million (okay, slight exaggeration) cards to make and I thought since it is nearly October I should maybe get my skates on :o)

The image is from The Stamping Boutique, lovely big stack of pressies. I blinged them up a bit with some gems and glamour dust.

Pop on over to the Crazy Challenge and have a go, you never know you might be the lucky prize winner.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenge:

Willow Sketchie - Challenge with WoW Prize

Thanks for looking folks!

2nd Christmas Challenge with The Crazy Challenge - No Red or Green!

2011-09-17T18:46:00.002+01:00

Good afternoon bloggers!

I'm a v.tired blogger today. I'm a wee bit of an ACDC fan and I won tickets on Rock Radio to go to the preview of the Exhibition in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum last night. What a great night, Bons Balls (ACDC tribute band) were playing and there was free drink and food. Then the exhibition itself, which is a must see if you are a fan of the band. There's also an ACDC shop to buy bits n bobs.

So, on to my post for today, it's the 2nd Christmas Challenge over at The Crazy Challenge and the challenge this month is 'No Red or Green'. This is the card I have made for the challenge:

Not a bit of red or green in sight :o)

The image is from Sassy Studios and she certainly is a sassy wee angel ;o)

So pop on over to the Crazy Challenge this month and let's see your creations. There are a few chances to win a prize, so what do you have to lose

Ingredients:

Image: Sassy Studios

Medium: Promarkers

Sentiment: LOTV

Papers and Card: From stash, CS cut with nesties

Embellishments: Cuttlebug snowflakes glamour-dusted, ribbon from stash and glamour dust (on wings and halo)

I'd like to enter the above card in the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Things with Wings

Digital Tuesday Challenge #128 - Celebrate the Season

Creative Inspirations Challenge 129 - Anything Goes

MAWTT Challenge 116 - Sparkle

Charisma Cardz Challenge #37 - Sky

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 182 - Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland Challenge - Girly Christmas

Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge 16 - Tickled Pink

CHNC Challenge #38 - Glitter

Thanks for looking. That's all for now folks!

Lynnexx

Christmas with the Crazy Challenge

2011-08-15T14:00:00.014+01:00

Hello All

Me again

I'm back with my first Christmas Card for this year - better get my skates on me thinks :o)

There is a new Christmas Challenge over at The Crazy Challenge which will run monthly until December, starting today! This is the card I made for the first challenge which is 'Anything Goes':

Isn't she a cutie-pie. The image is from Di's Digi Downloads who are just one of our sponsors for the Christmas Challenges. So come on over and post your Christmas creations for the chance to win a prize.

Ingredients:
Image: Di's Digi Downloads
Medium: Promarkers
Papers: Forever Friends - Christmas Snow
Embellishments: Die cut snowflakes covered in Glamour Dust, die cut holly leaves with berry bling and sentiment from stash.

Thanks for looking

Lynnexx

The Crazy Challenge goes to the Movies

2011-08-15T13:01:00.027+01:00

Happy Monday everybody!

Over at The Crazy Challenge this week the theme is Movies and we are sponsored by Sassy Studios.

Here is my card using their Mary Poppins image:

I love this movie, could watch it forever.... that bag of hers is a dream, imagine having a handbag like that, that you could fit hundreds of thing into....

Here's a wee close up of Mary, I don't know if you can see, but I added some GA to the roses to make it look like raindrops (it does IRL), and well I just had to have the brown paper packages and whiskers on kittens there too!!

Isn't she just LOL.

A wee bag that looks a teeny bit like Mary's.

Pop over to The Crazy Challenge with your movie inspired cards, and if you'd like to be a guest designer pop GDT after your name when entering.

Ingredients:

Images: Sassy Studios and colouring pages from google

Paper: K & Co

Medium: Promarkers

Embellishments: Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts; charm, lace and bling from stash.

Sentiment: Computer generated and cut with nestie.

Thanks for looking once again

Lynnexx

The Crazy Challenge's Christmas Challenge!

2011-08-14T13:47:00.000+01:00

Hi there

From tomorrow 15th August The Crazy Challenge are running a Christmas Challenge, which will run from August to December!

Come along and join the fun and maybe win a prize too!

Lynnexx

A Little Mermaid

2011-08-10T11:16:00.001+01:00

Morning from a very wet and windy Scotland.

My thoughts go out to England and Wales today and hope that all these riots stop soon. Stay safe guys!

The below card I made for The Crazy Challege, but due to internet connection being down on holiday I didn't get it posted, but it's just too cute not to post:

The images are from Digital Delights by Loubi Lou. She has some great wee designs on there. I hand cut the 'seaweed' from some sparkly paper that I found in my stash.

I had to GD all of her scales to make her look all sparkly and underwatery, and used the same paper, but in a different colour as backing paper.

Aren't the little octopus and seahorse just sooo cute. The sentiment is also from Digital Delights, but I added some splashes and GA'd them for a bit of interest.

Ingredients:
Image: Digital Delights
Medium: Promarkers
Papers: From Stash
Embellishments: Sticky coloured dots (for bubbles), glamour dust, glossy accent.

I'd like to enter the above card in the following challenges:
Digital Tuesday Challenge 123 - I Love the Sea
Thanks for looking and any comments you are kind enough to leave!

Lxx

The Crazy Challenge

2011-08-08T13:01:00.012+01:00

Hello Crafters!

I've been off-the-grid for a week or so as I was away on holiday and would have to have fought a teenager for the laptop, and he's getting sooo big these days that I think he would have easily won!

Over at The Crazy Challenge this week we are being sponsored by Digi Doodles and you can win $10 to spend in their store.

The challenge is to use Embossing on your project, and this is what I made:

I made the card for my mum to send to Canada, as her cousin's daughter is getting married (I think the wedding was last week to be honest). She was going to pay me for it,but as she childminds for me free-of-charge I could hardly be taking money for a card now could I.

The image is from Digi Doodles 'Jr. Bride and Groom'. Aren't they so sweet. I used my Nestie to Emboss round the cut-out.

I also used my 'Dots' Cuttlebug folder to emboss some maroon CS and sanded the dots to make them stand out, before adding the foiled sentiments to the card.

So - come on over to The Crazy Challenge and have a go!! You can also add GDT after your name for a chance to be a guest designer!

Ingredients:

Image: Digi Doodles 'Jr.Bride and Groom'

Medium: Promarkers

Papers: Wild Rose Studio 'Butterfly Garden' and CS from Stash

Embellishments: Foil It and flowers, charm and brads from stash

I'd like to enter the above card in the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (optional extra 'metal' - metal charm)

Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes In August

Stamp Something -August Digi Day Challenge

Bunny Zoe's Challenge 15 - Easel Cards

Thanks for looking folks!

Lxx

The Crazy Challenge

2011-07-25T13:01:00.034+01:00

Afternoon crafters!

Over at The Crazy Challenge this week the challenge is Ribbons. Use a ribbon somewhere on your card! EASY-PEASY 'ey?

Our sponsor this week is Sassy Studios and I have used their Hippy digi-image for my card, isn't she great:

Love that top. Wonder where I can buy one :o)

A wee close up of her and her wee peace sign :o)

So come on over to The Crazy Challenge and play along for a chance to win 4 digis of your choice from Sassy Studios, you know you want to! If you fancy being a guest on the DT you can also put GDT after your name.

Ingredients.

Image: Sassy Studios

Medium: Promarkers

Papers: MME Quite Contrary (Summer Papers)

Embellishments: Flowers, Ribbon and Bling from stash

Hope you have a fabulous day!

Lxx

A wee girl is 1 !!

2011-07-16T09:41:00.002+01:00

It's a bit of a dreich day here in Scotland, the sun was glorious the past few days, what happened to it :o(

I'm went to see the last instalment of Harry Potter last night, in 3D, and it was fabby, although I have to admit you still can't beat the books!

I'm also off to a 1st birthday party today, so hoping the sun will be out as Kiera (birthday girl) got a bouncy castle for her birthday from her mummy and I think my Ross will be looking for a wee shot :o) (I'd quite like a shot, but apparently I'm a bit old - dunno what they mean!!!), and a 25th Wedding Anniversary tonight (card to follow) I won't have anything else on for about 3 months now!!

This is the card I made for Kiera (no flowers on it as I didn't want her trying to eat them or anything LOL):

See - plain and simple!

Was worried about colouring Teddy Bea, but dunno why - it was a joy to colour!

And my little Foiled sentiment.

Hope the weather clears up so we can have a nice 1st birthday party in the garden!

Ingredients:
Image: Teddy Bea
Papers: Wild Rose Studio
Medium: Promarkers
Sentiment: Computer generated and Foiled
Embellishments: From Stash

I'd like to enter the above card in the following challenges:

The Teddy Bo Challenge 14 - Teddy Bea Only
TLT Challenge 35 - Summer Birthdays
Sarah Hurley Challenge 45 - Colouring
MAWTT Challenge 107 - Favourite Things (Teddies, Promarkers, Glamour Dust, Ribbon, Charms and my Foil It Machine)
Charisma Cardz Challenge 28 - It's in the Stars (Star on wand and star charm)
Stampin' for the Weekend - Wings & Things

Thanks for looking and any lovely comments :o)

Lxx

Sunny Monday!

2011-07-11T13:01:00.002+01:00

Well- it is trying to be sunny, wish those clouds would just move outta the way and let the sun get on with it!

My wee bit o news - wellll I have been chosen to be on The Crazy Challenge's DT! How fab is that, my first DT!! The more observant of you may have notice my wee badge on my sidebar. Am so chuffed that I was chosen :o)

The theme this week is Summertime and the below card I have made fits the theme perfectly.

This nice summery card was made using Make it Crafty digi images (7 images in all). This is the first time I have combined digistamps and it was quite fun and easy to do:

It is a huge 8 x 8 Craftwork Cards card. Might not be the last 8 x 8 I do as I seem to need more and more room to decorate on my cards these days.

This is a wee close up of all the digi images. Aren't they all so cute!

Why don't you pop on over to The Crazy Challenge and enter this weeks challenge, you can also put GDT after you name if you would like to guest design for us.

Ingredients:
Images: Make it Craft digistamps
Medium: Promarkers
Papers & CS: Dovecraft 'Sugar & Spice' and CS from stash
Embellishments: Craftworks Card Candy, Wild Orchid Flowers & ribbon from local craft shop
Sentiment: Computer generated and Foiled

I'd also like to enter the above card in the following challenges:

Make it Colourful - Special Monthly Celebrations Catagories 1 & 2
Passion for Promarkers Week 107 - Tie a Yellow Ribbon
Creative Inspirations Challenge 119 - To the Seaside
Dream Valley Challenge 11 - Summer Theme
Bunny Zoe's Craft Challenge 14 - Fun in the Sun

That's all folks - going to enjoy a wee bit of the sun that has managed to sneek through the clouds.

Lxx

Make It Crafty is 1 !!

2011-07-07T22:57:00.002+01:00

Over on Make It Crafty they are celebrating their 1st birthday. The have candy to give away to some lucky random people and have 5 different catagories to enter cards into on Make It Colourful. I have made a card for catagory 5, and have one for Catagory 1 underway (watch this space LOL).

Here is my card for Catagory 5:

The rules were to make a card with Make It Crafty logo colours and a MiC image. This image was a freebie to celebrate their birthday, isn't she great, so I used her and the logo colours. I'm quite chuffed with her reddish hair :o).

Ingredients:
Image: Celebrate freebie from MiC
Medium: Promarkers
Papers & CS: from stash
Embellishments: Wild Orchid flowers, ribbon, brads and pearls from stash.
Sentiment: Computer generate, foiled and cut with nestie labels

I'd also like to enter the above card in the following challenges:
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Summer Birthdays
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz Challenge 27 - All About Flowers
One Stitch At A Time Challenge 69 - Use a Digi
Craft Your Passions Challenge 65 - Anything Goes

I also have a wee bit of news that I can tell you about at the beginning of next week ;o)
Thanks once again for looking and comments you may leave.
Lxx

The Craft Gallery

2011-07-07T14:27:00.001+01:00

Hello. I've been a bad blogger recently, but I have my reasons...

... my wee cards are now for sale in a real live shop!! Yes - can you believe it - I almost can't. The boss in my former place of work lives next door to the shop and asked if my friend June and I had some handmade cards that he could show to the owner to see if she'd like to sell them, and she said YES!!

Only gave her the cards at the weekend, so don't know if any have sold yet, but she says she will pay us at the end of each month for those that sell, and we can then replenish the stock - how good is that - just hope some do sell LOL.

This is the wee shop:

Isn't it sweet it's in Carnwath, Scotland. It sells all sorts of handmade and handcrafted items. If you click here you can visit the shop, and if you're ever in the area why don't you pop in for a visit.

Thanks for looking - hope you're having a great day!

Lynnexx

Autumn Already??

2011-06-19T17:03:00.000+01:00

Actually feels more like winter outside - where did summer go. Surely those couple of days of sun wasn't it - please don't let that be true!!!

There's a challenge over at Craftymess this month for a card in autum colours and this is the card I made:

I think this stamp is turning into one of my favourites.

See what I mean - how cute is she...

Wild Orchid Flowers with Frosted Lace Stickles on them.

Sentiment foiled and cut with my nestie.

Ribbon (slightly wired at the edges, so is great for manipulating into a bow shape)

Ingredients:

Image: Elisabeth Bell - Penpal

Sentiment: Computer generated & foiled in orange with Foil It

Medium: Promarkers

Papers & CS: from stash

Embellishments: Wild Orchid flowers, Mei flower metal butterfly, nestie used to cut out image & ribbon from stash.

I'd like to enter the above card in the following challenge:

Simon Says Stamp - Let's Play Bingo (shape, ribbon, sentiment)

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 169 - Birthstones (Orange Topaz)

Thanks for looking and any comments you are kind enough to leave.

Lxx

Summery card for my Cousin

2011-06-13T16:21:00.000+01:00

Thought I'd bring a wee bit of summer to my page, since the weather is not bothering to sun-up!

This is a card I have made for my cousin, she is a nanny in Switzerland, so I will have to be extra careful when posting it so it gets there in one piece.

I must say this is one of my favourite cards and it will kill me posting it LOL. Might have to make one to keep myself, kinda cheers me up looking at it.

Coloured with my Promarkers.

Sentiment foiled with pink with my Foil It machine to match the card, it's murder trying to take a photo of this stuff as it is soooo reflective, looks great tho :oD.

My flowers, some Wild Orchid ones, some from my local craft shop. They have Frosted Lace stickles on them, but it hasn't come up to great on the photo.

Ingredients:

Image: Sarah Kay

Sentiment: Computer generated foiled with Foil It machine

Medium: Promarkers

Papers: Wild Rose Studio (Butterfly Garden)

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Flowers and Stick Pins, Heather from local craft shop, Lace & Ribbon from stash

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Oldie, But a Goodie Challenge 20 - Lots of Layers

By the Cute and Girly - In the Garden

Thanks again for looking blog friends :o)

Lxx

Fathers Day Part III

2011-06-13T15:42:00.003+01:00

Afternoon Crafters!

Weather's really been trying to make an effort here today, but hasn't really succeeded. Sun is peeking through the clouds and rain has managed to stay off, but it's hardly bikini weather now is it ....

This is the last of my Fathers Day cards, for my hubby (not that he's my father, but hey he is father to my kids...so I suppose needs must LOL):

It's a little tribute to The Italian Job, you know - the Michael Caine film. OH loves this film, so he should love the card too (he'd better or there'll be trouble :oD)

Ingredients:

Image: John Bryars 9masked mini stamped over

Sentiment: Elzybell

Medium: Promarkers

Papers: CS fom stash and mirriboard embossed with my cuttlebug

Embellishments: Card Candy (silver coloured with Promarkers to match cars)

I'd like to enter the above card in the following challenges:

Card and a Half: A little Extra Challenge #1
Dream Valley Challenge 9: Fathers Day
CRAFT Challenge 106 Fathers Day

Thanks for looking :o)

Lxx

Fathers Day too!

2011-06-10T22:27:00.001+01:00

This is the second of my Fathers Day Cards. This one is for my FIL. He's a big Country and Western fan, and I thought this image fit the occassion quite well:

See what I mean - very C & W...

This is a colouring page image! Really love it.

Ingredients:

Image: Colouring Page

Medium: Promarkers & Distressing Inks

Papers & CS: From stash

Embellishments: Leaf Brads from stash

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

ICS Challenge 118

CRAFT Challenge 106 - Fathers Day

The Crazy Challenge No 70 - Fathers Day

Craft Us Crazy Challenge 10 - Fathers Day/Masculine Theme

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

The Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking once again and for your comments

Lxx

Fathers Day 19th June!!

2011-06-10T21:30:00.005+01:00

Soooo - that means I have 3 cards to make... hubby, FIL and my own wee Dad.

I bought a new stamp from Stamp Addicts at the Art Stamp Craft Fair at the Corn Exchange in Edinburgh (along with some other goodies - welll would be rude not to). This was for my dad's card as he was an engineer in the shipbuilding industry for years, before it all started to fade away, but he still has a passion for ships.

Here's the card:

Isn't that just the most gorgeous stamp of a galleon? I think so!

Love this sentiment, just says it all really...

Ingredients:
Image: Galleon from Stamp Addicts
Sentiment: Near the sea... - bought from E-bay, Fathers Day - Elsybells
Papers & CS: From stash
Medium: Distress Inks - Antique Linen & Brushed Corduroy
Embellishments: Card Candy, anchor charm and silver brad, gingham ribbon, black twine

I'd like to enter the above card in the following challenges:
Sweet Sketch Wednesday (followed their sketch) - A Sweet Sketch
The Crazy Challenge No. 70 - Fathers Day
TLT Challenge 31 - It's All About the Males
Craft us Crazy Challenge 10 - Fathers Day or Masculine Theme
Creative Inspirations Challenge 115 - Card forDad/Man in your Life
Sparkles Forum Challenge No 13 - Fathers Day
CRAFT Challenge 106 - Fathers Day
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 47 - Love the Lasting Kind

Off to enjoy what's left of the glorious sunshine of today!!

Thanks again for looking and any comments you leave!

Lxx

First Christmas Card This Year & a New Challenge Blog

2011-05-30T23:10:00.001+01:00

Evening fellow bloggers!

There is a new challenge blog called 'Make It Monday' and they are currently looking for Design Team members. It would be fantastic to be on a DT from the very first day and so I thought I would throw my wee hat in the ring, well - you have to be in it to win it, as they say! There is only around 19 hours left to get your entries in (I only just found the site tonight), so if your quick you can still have a go!

You have to make a card following the sketch, I quite like to have a sketch to follow, sometimes gets my creative juices flowing when I've mislaid my Mojo (as we all do from time-to-time).

I already had a Kenny K digi coloured from a while ago and decided to use her as I would have to make the card quickly, and with having the dreaded four letter place to go to tomorrow (W-O-R-K), time was of the essence!

This is the card I rustled up:

Quite Christmassy colours and obviously a wee saucy card for a man.

Love that image, she's so cheeky and just had to add loads of glamour dust to her frilly bits!

Wee poinsetta with stickles added and two bits of bling to bring out the holly on the backing paper.

Love this sentiment - very fitting for the card to I think...

Ingredients for the card:

Image: Kenny K digistamp - Mistletoe

Sentiment: Created on MS Word

Medium: Promarkers

Papers: Forever Friends Christmas Glow & CS from stash

Embellishments: Pompom ribbon, poinsetta, Glamour Dust, Frosted Lace stickles & red gems

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenge:
Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - Ooh La La

I'm off up the wooden hill now, if you have entered to be part of the DT, goodluck and if I don't make it onto the DT I'll be sure to play along with the challenges!!

Thanks for looking....

Lxx

We're All Going on a Summer Holiday...

2011-05-30T00:51:00.000+01:00

... I wish! Was another wonderful 'blow you away' day here on the West Coast. At least the cobwebs will be getting a clear out. I think it has affected blogland too, can't leave a comment anywhere at the mo, driving me nuts - asking me to log in a hundred times over.......

What I'd do for a sunny beach right now..... oh well - I suppose this card will have to do instead:

It is a teeny bit bright, but with this weather I need something to brighten things up.

Magnum and Lily on their deckchairs - wot they like :o). I gave Lily a wee burnt nose and cheeks, must have forgotten the SPF. Real shells too, from Luce Bay just south of Stranraer.

This is the inside, kinda reminds me of a Punch n Judy show, remember them. Do they still have P n J at the beach these days???

Ingredients:
Image: Ladybug Crafts Ink Stamp - Magnum and Lily
Medium: Promarkers
Papers: £1 shop and CS from stash
Embellishments: Shells from beach, ribbons from stash.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:
TLT Challenge 29 - Meow, woof, roar, squeak...
MAWTT Challenge 100 - Holidays
DYSU Challenge 21 - Animals
Dream Valley Challenge 8 - Stamp Something

I'm off to bed now, and hoping that tomorrow will be a bit better weather, but it's a bank holiday so I'm not counting me chickens...

Thanks for looking...

Lxx

Make a Noise!!!

2011-05-23T22:13:00.001+01:00

My hubby does - every morning leaving for work - who needs an alarm clock when your man has a Harley!!!

It was his birthday a wee while ago and here is the card I made for him:

I won the image a while ago from Totally Stampalicious for a Halloween card (one of my very first challenge wins!!). I got to choose digistamps from their website and I just had to have this one!

Here's a wee close up of the HOG on his bike, had to go for Glamour Dust overload - after all the bike had to look shiney-shiney...

Ingredients:
Image: Totally Stampalicious - Road Hawg!
Sentiment: Kanban Rocking Teddy Bears
Medium: Promarkers and Glamour Dust
Backing Papers (I use the term loosely): Faux Metal Plate (is that even a thing??)

I'd like to enter the above card in the following challenges:

Cards for Men Challenge 11 - No Paper (Metal embossed backing sheet - like the metal plate stuff you get in floors in garages)
Sparkles Forum Challenge 12 -Something Metal

Thanks for looking....

Lxx

Teddy Bears Picnic

2011-05-17T18:21:00.002+01:00

Over on Oldie But A Goodie this week the challenge is 'Teddy Bears Picnic'. I just had to get one of my Sugar Nellie cards posted that fit this to a T. It's a wee card that I made for a friend to give to a 2 year old on her birthday.

Perfect for a teddy bears picnic don't ya think?

Wee close up of her.

and those ever so cute wee buttons

Ingredients:

Stamped Image: Sugar Nellie - Strawberry Tea

Medium: Promarkers

Papers: MME - Quite Contrary Summer Papers and CS from stash

Embellishments: Glamour Dust, Buttons & Ribbon from stash

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Oldie But A Goodie Challenge 19 - Teddy Bears Picnic

The Crazy Challenge 67 - Green and Pink

Allsorts Challenge Week 103 - Teddy Bears Picnic

Thanks for looking and any comments you might leave.

Lxx

Penpal

2011-05-17T15:40:00.001+01:00

Just a quick post today

I had made this card for the ICS challenge, but didn't have it finished on time :o(

Have found another few challenges to enter it into though - coz it's just too cute a card not to post I think:

Isn't that stamp so sweet.

Coloured with my Promarkers

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and charm from stash.

and the inside all nicely decorated :o)

Ingredients:

Stamped Image: Sugar Nellie - Penpal

Medium: Promarkers

Papers: Kraft CS, FF For You

Tools: Cuttlebug and Script embossing folder

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts and from stash

Ribbon: Pale Pink Webbed Weave

I'd like to enter the above card in the following challenges:

The Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge No 8. - Pinks and Lilacs

One Stitch at a Time Challenge 62 - Anything Goes

A Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge 152 - Anything Goes

The Spotted Chick - That's Krafty Thursday No 51

Thanks for looking and any comments you are kind enough to leave.

Lynne xx

New Challenge Blog

2011-05-12T15:39:00.000+01:00

Afternoon from a rainy windswept Scotland! I went out to the shops this morning and decided to walk - came back like a drowned rat! Did enjoy the fresh air though :o)

I was having a wee browse through the blogs that I follow and came across a post from Jacki, with details of a new challenge blog that is starting up. Here's the link . They also have a Craft Shop called Craft Room which you can visit here.Well worth a visit - go on, you know you want to.

They also have some great blog candy on offer, which is on my sidebar.

As if that isn't enough, they are also looking for design team members for the new challenge blog.

You have to choose three different projects that you feel represent your style of crafting. I thought I'd give it a try and here are the three projects I have chosen.

I made this card for my nephew's birthday. The stamped image has the little frog trying to get away from the boy (as you can see), I thought it would be quite fun to have the frog jumping right out of the card, so I cut round him and then mounted the image and raised the frog with a 3D foam square.

The second card I have chosen was a commission for a friend's mum and dad's 40th wedding anniversary. I quite like trying different styles of cards. This shaped card looks quite good as an easel card and I think the nesties I have used fit in really well with the shape of the card.

The third project I have chosen is a wall hanging that I made for a craft meet in Newcastle. I loved making this, it took ages, but was a lot of fun. It has a load of different bits n bobs added and involved quite a bit of distressing.

As for my style I don't know if I have a set style. I love cute kid images and classic styles, but also like dabbling in altered art/distressing things etc, and would love the chance to create for a design team, as I have guest designed for a challenge blog before and would love the chance to be on a team permanently. I also love to try out new techniques and new craft products, and try to do something a wee bit different from the norm.

If you fancy trying out for the design team or fancy winning some candy pop on over to Craft -Room Challenge. You have until the 22nd May.

Happy Crafting

Lynnexx

Making up for lost time

2011-05-08T23:26:00.000+01:00

I know - 3 posts in one day - unheard of in the house of Digney!

Having to make up for lost time away from computer while scrapbooking like mad!!!

I have one more card to show you then I'm off to bed as have to go to work tomorrow, as I didn't win the Euromillions (well had 2 numbers and 1 lucky star, but can hardly give up work with winnings of £5.00 odds LOL).

Here's the card:

The pp is Hampstead by Papermania that I won on a bloghop earlier in the year. The butterflies are punched with bits of bling added to the wings and bodies. I also used my new nestie for the blue background.

I did have a close up of the image, but I can get it to load :o(

The image is a Sugar Nellie Stamp that I got in my local craft shop, using a bit of my £25 loyalty bonus for filling my loyalty card!! I coloured her with my PMs.

I'd like to enter the above card in the following challenge:

The Sugar Bowl - Erica's Sketch

Thanks once again for looking - off to bed now - nightie-night

Lxx

Time for Tea?

2011-05-08T23:09:00.000+01:00

...of course you have, there's always time for tea - I'd be a walking nightmare without my tea. Need all the caffine I can get to keep up with my boys!

I made the below card as it reminds me of tea sets I had when I was little, remember making 'tea' for your guests (okay - dolls) in your wendy house :oD

The pp is Back to Basics by Dovecraft, the ribbon is Fizzy Moon and the buttons are from stash (wish I could remember where I got them coz I'm running out, and they're ever so cute)

The image is from Lily of the Valley, coloured with my PMs.

I'd like to enter the above card in the following challenges:

Inspirational Card Sketches - #113 Sponsor Sweet n Sassy Stamps
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT - Challenge 26 Going Dotty (paper and tea set)
Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - Childhood Memories

Thanks for looking and any lovely comments you leave!

Lxx

Happy 21st Rachel!

2011-05-08T13:48:00.001+01:00

Afternoon from a miserable Scotland - although the sun is trying it bestest to come out and play.

I've been AWOL for a couple of weeks as I have been frantically finishing a scrapbook for my niece Rachel's 21st birthday. Her birthday was on 1st May, but her party wasn't until last night so had a bit of extra time to finish her album off and make her a card. Here is the card I made for her:

She is a fan of purple and the card is much more purple IRL and she is also a fan of those really high heels that give me vertigo just looking at them! The CS and bling along the bottom are from stash.

I coloured the image with my PMs and added GD to the bows, ribbon and the insides of the shoes. The flowers are from Wild Orchid and the key charm from Meiflower.

Of course I had to use my Foil It machine again for the sentiment and numbers, and added a couple more roses to finish it off.

Rachel loved her album, but will probably still be in her bed at the moment, but I'm sure she'll like her card too.

I'd like to enter this wee card in the following challenges:

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog - May Anything Goes
Craft Your Passions - Challenge 56 Anything Goes
DYSU Challenge Blog - #18 Purple
Stamp Something - May Digi Day Challenge (Bugaboo Digi Image)
One Stitch At A Time - Challenge 61 Fancy Folds (Side Step Card)
A Spoonful of Sugar - Challenge 150 White and One Colour (White and Purple)
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes

That's all folks

Thanks for looking and any comments you are kind enough to leave

LXX

Happy Birthday Mum

2011-04-15T21:35:00.001+01:00

It was my Mum's birthday on 8th April and I used one of my favourite Sassy stamps from Sugar Nellie to make this card for her:

I really like these colours together and just LOVE that image. I used my Nesties to cut out the image and trimmed the Nestie shape with some ribbon from my stash. I punched the butterfly and added some bling to the wings and body. I followed the sketch for the current challenge over at The Sugar Bowl and I also added the optional colours of purple and green.

I added bits of bling to the flowers in her hair and a little bit on her boots (I coloured them as boots to keep the colour theme going).

My new favourite embellishments, LOVE Wild Orchid's flowers!

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenge:

The Sugar Bowl - Challenge 57 - Maria Therese's Sketch

Thanks for looking and any comments you might leave.

Lxx

Christening Day!

2011-04-13T11:25:00.001+01:00

Morning

Not so nice here this morning. Looks like the sky is about to open up and pour with rain for the day. Off to my mum's today to swap computers with her for Robert's - loonngg story. Have to save all her stuff to disc first and transfer it all....

Before I jet off I have a card to show you that I made for a commission. It was for a wee girl Daisy's christening day, and I personalised it using my Foil It machine.

Here it is:

The image is from Mo Manning and coloured gently with my PMs. The PP is from Dovecraft 'Back to Basics' and have used my Nesties for cutting.

Wee close up with the Wild Orchid flowers (these are taking over my house now - never used to be a flowery person me - how things change ey).

And the little charm from Meiflower - love those ickle feet.

This photo is pretty awful, but just couldn't get the camera to do what I wanted so had to live with it. Used my Foil It to do the verse and for the personalised sentiment.

That's it. Off to haul a teenager out of bed now and make him dress in something half-decent to go to his Gran's...

I'd like to enter the above card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Truly Dimensional
TLT Challenge - Celebration!

Thanks for looking and any comments you may leave.

Lxx

Bottoms Up!

2011-04-10T21:11:00.001+01:00

Evening!

Been fantastic weather here in Scotland today (and yesterday), for a change - hope it continues into next week so I can bask in it (as if I'll get to do that hahahahahaha).

Ross was out playing most of today, so I got a bit of time to craft. I made this wee card for the TLT Challenge, which is a sketch this week.

Here's my card using Martini Nikki from Ladybug Crafts Ink, which you can buy here:

This is the first time I've inked up Martini Nikki. Ain't she sweet, although likely a teeny bit tipsy...
The DP is from Dovecraft - Sugar n Spice. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and she is coloured with my PMs and cut with Nesties and I added glamour dust to her top and her eyeshadow so she sparkles a little. The sentiment is also from LCI, the whole sentiment is 'Sit back, relax and enjoy!' Just stole the enjoy bit for my card!

...and looky here - I did the inside too, only coz I had a bit of peace to do it :o). Tried to reflect the outside of the card, and I think it looks okay!
This is the sketch, and you still have time to enter if you're quick!

I'd like to enter the following challenge with my wee card:

TLT Challenge 22 - Tams' Sketch

Thanks for looking and any comments you might leave....

Lxx

A 40th Anniversary and a Fabby NEW TOY!

2011-04-07T09:30:00.007+01:00

Evening all!

Apparently it was a really warm day today??? Not that I noticed while I was converting my car 'James Bond style' into a boat this morning to get to work!

Thought I was going to crash at one point when a truck driving in the other direction drove through a swimming pool on the road and drowned my car - couldn't see a thing in front of me! Lucky I am still here and praying for the sun to please make an appearance next week when I'm off on holiday!

One of my friends was having a wee wander through Facebook a wee while ago and came across my craft album, she then decided that I'm just the person she was looking for and I have so far made 6 cards for her. I love all my crafting and making cards, but making them to order for other people makes me sweat buckets! I suppose if they don't like them you can always use them in the future for someone else though ey?!

Fortunately, she has loved everything I have made her so far. It's her Mum and Dad's 40th wedding anniversary on 17th of this month and I made this wee card for her:

I didn't use any PP as I wanted the red for the ruby wedding to stand out quite a bit, and I also couldn't really find a lot of red PP to play with :o(. If anyone knows where I can get some nice red papers PLEASE let me know...

The stamp is from LOTV, coloured with my PMs, the little bell charm is from Mei Flower and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. CS cut with Nesties Labels - like this one as it is quite similar in shape to the card I have used.

Now - let me introduce you to my new toy. It's a FOILING MACHINE. Yes - no more peel off greetings for me! Billy (lovely hubby person) got me a Laser Printer for my chrimbo (as you need to print the greeting on one for the foil to stick to it). You print your greeting, make sure your Foil It machine is hot enough (has a wee ready light - so really 'dummy proof'), stick your greeting through the machine with the foil colour of your choice wrapped in a wee bitty of paper (so the foil sticks to card and not machine) - and it come out all supercalafragilistic at the other end!!! Doesn't it look fabby-do! I love it. Want to foil everything now! Foil comes in loads of different colours too. Wait til you see the Christening card I made with the pink foil for the greetings - see - it's even made me like PINK!!! Love it, love it! If you'd like to be the lucky owner of this fabglorious machine you can buy one from Patsy May HERE, and postage is just a wee £1 at the moment for a limited time! All the foil is there too - go on - you know you wanna :oD

Also foiled this wee sentiment! Told you - no stopping me now - you can even print digi images or any image really and then use one of the colours (or more than one if you like) to make it all shiney, shiney!!

Do you think I really like my new machine then??

I'd like to enter the above wee card into the following challenges:

Oldie but a Goodie - Wedding or Anniversary
Craft Your Passions - Challenge #52 Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz Challenge - 14 Weddings/ Anniversaries
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes (optional extra - my new flowers from Wild Orchid)
The Crazy Challenge - #61 Just Add Flowers

Thanks once again for looking and any comments you are kind enough to leave.

I'm away to have a HUGE M & S Cookie (mmmmm) and that lovely hubby person I was talking about earlier is making me a nice cuppa to go with it - might even give him one ;o)

Lxx

Happy Mother's Day

2011-04-03T11:43:00.003+01:00

Morning!

Hope all you mum's out there are having a lovely day. I got a humungous box of chocolates this morning from my boys, knowing them they will be finished by noon - kinda makes me wonder who the choc's were for ??? I am going to sit and craft all day and do hee-haw housework... just like most other days really LOL.

I popped up to my mum's yesterday with her pressies and card. This is the card I made for her, which she thought was beautiful.

The PP is Tea House from Dovecraft and the CS is from stash, puched with my MS punch.

The image is a Digistamp from Mo Manning, when I purchased this all the proceeds were going to a chartity for the Japanese Tsunami. Coloured with my PMs. Isn't she sweet.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the little heart charm is from stash.

I hope you like my wee mum's card.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Sarah Hurley Challenge - Mum's the Word
Catch the Bug - April Anything Goes
Stamp Something - April Digi Day
By the Cute and Girly - Cute and Girly

Thanks for looking and any comments you are kind enough to leave.

Lxx

I'm giving up crafting and selling all my craft stuff.

2011-04-01T13:47:00.003+01:00

Haha! April Fool! AS IF - never ever ever would I do that. If my house was burning down I'd go in and save my craft stuff - well, after the kids and cat were safely outside of course :o)

It's another dreich day on the West Coast of Scotland, staying in where it's nice and warm. Just as well as I have 5 cards to make this weekend, 4 for myself and 1 for an order, so will be busy busy.

I made a card with some of the stamps that I bought at the SECC in March. It's a bright and cheery wee card, and is very sparkly IRL. Here it is:

I'm getting quite used to making step cards, I did find them a bit footery when I first tried them, but persevered, and am glad I did.

The stamps are by Kanban and coloured with my PMs. The PP is Birthday by Dovecraft and CS is from stash.

I added about a ton of Glamour Dust to this wee vocalist to make him all sparkly, just like a star should be.

I positioned the drummer on one of the steps of the middle step card, so it kinda looks like a group on stage. I also added GD to the drum kit.

Finally the guitarist, he has a couple of bits of bling on his guitar and again a little bit of GD.

I'd like to enter the above card in the following challenges:
Moving Along With The Times - Challenge 92 More Than One Fold
Charisma Cardz Challenges - No 13 Bling and Sparkles
Craft Your Passion - Challenge 51 Grin and Bear It

Thanks for looking and any comments you are kind enough to leave

Lxx

Card for a Boy!

2011-03-25T20:59:00.007Z

Evening all!

This is a card that I have made for a boy - well having two I have to make quite a few cards for boys, and am getting quite used to it - as you can imagine.

The image is from LOTV and I have paper-pieced the hat dungarees and bits of his shoes. The paper is by K & Co 'Hopscotch' and I have coloured the rest of the image with Promarkers.

Isn't he sweet - sometimes boys are better sleeping I think :o).

I thought this wee sentiment from Papermania suited the card to a T.

I'd like to enter the card in the following challenges

Sweet Stamping Challenge Blog - Slugs, Snails and Puppy Dog Tails.

Cards For Men - Challenge Number 6 - A sketch and a DT Call

Sarah Hurley - Challenge 35 - Go Green

One Stitch at a Time - Something for the Boys

Stamping B's Challenge # 103 - Masculine Card

Thanks once again for looking and any comments you are kind enough to leave.

L :o)

A Card for Twins!

2011-03-24T09:15:00.004Z

Morning

It's a gorgeous day here on the West Coast of Bonnie Scotland, just about to put a washing on and get it outside for a good airing. Then I'm off to a school coffee morning at my nephew and niece's school.

A girl that my OH works with had twins a few weeks ago and he asked if I could rattle up a couple of hand knitted things for her, and well - I just had to make a card to go along with them. This is the card I came up with:

I've never made a card for twins before, and am quite chuffed with the results. The stamps are by LCI (the sentiment is from the same set) I used a sheer ribbon and the buttons are laced through with embroidery floss. I used one of my new Spellbinders that I pur-chased at the SECC a few weeks ago for the die cutting and Promarkers to colour. Papers are from Forever Friends 'For You'.

I stamped the baby onto a piece of scrap card and cut out a wee mask. Stamped the baby on the left onto my base card, masked it with the cut-out and stamped it again. Haven't used masking much with my stamps, so am dead chuffed with the results, looks like the baby on the left is reassuring the one on the right with her wee hand :o). I used a little bit of glamour dust on the little zippers (can't really tell from the picture).

This is the wee sentiment. Ain't it cute! Used another nestie for the die cutting, but the rectangles kinda get on my nerves, coz when you try to layer with them the are a bit bigger on one side, so I hand cut round the pink matting card to make it even.

This is one of the two wee cardigans I made. Love knitting baby cardi's as you can rattle them up in no time. I also made hats but forgot to take pictures of them - doh!

Hope the parents like them and the babies are nice and cosy in their cardi's and hats.

I'd like to enter the above card into the following challenges:

Totally Ladybug Tuesday - Challenge 20 - Monochrome

Cupcake Craft Challenge 134 - Monochromatic

Let's Ink It Up - Challenge 11 - Die Cuts/Punches

Catch The Bug Challenge Blog - Baby Steps

Creative Cowgirls Challenge Blog - Going Monochromatic with Delicious Doodles! Challenge #9

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 95 - New Baby

Thanks for looking and any comments you are kind enough to leave!

Lxx

Crafty Day at the SECC!

2011-03-06T14:58:00.002Z

It was a Friday, weather wasn't that great, so what better place to spend the day that at the SECC with some good friends and loads of crafty goodies!

I did my duty volunteering at the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice stand, selling some raffle tickets for a great cause, after already spending some pennies on craft goodies, and then continued to shop. Here are some of the goodies I purchased:

I have wanted the Lavinia 'Fairy Door' for a while now - and now I have it :o) . The Pepper and Friends stamps were just a wee £1 each and the teddy stamps were two for £9.99 (other stands had them for £9.99 each - so got a true bargain there). Also got some new Sugar Nellie stamps and Lily of the Valley ones too! I also picked up a Rhinestone setter and some Rhinestones to have a wee play with. Can't wait to start using them all. Ross is out with his dad at the moment, but keeps popping his head in the door (scared in case he misses something that one :oD

Got other bits n bobs too, but tidied up my craft stash last night (I know - why bother ey) and dunno where it all is now hahaha - can feel the hysteria setting in....

Thanks for sharing in my stash!

Lxx

I'm Back!

2011-03-06T14:30:00.003Z

Afternoon bloggers.

Had put my back out - all that carrying of a 3 year old has finally taken its toll. So sitting typing at PC wasn't my first thought.

Feeling much better now after a course of anti-inflammatories from a v kind doctor.

There is some fantastic blog candy on offer over at Crafty Mess, a lovely new blog, that will be starting some challenges soon.

Here's a sneak peak of it!

Isn't it fabby! Pop over to Crafty Mess here to have a look for yourself and join in with the fun!

Will be back shortly with some goodies that I bought from the SECC on Friday (what a lovely day of shopping with Alison and June and a wee visit to my friend Pat's stand too). Will also be back with a couple of cards I made recently.

See ya real soon!

Lxx

My Funny Valentine

2011-01-30T22:36:00.001Z

Evening Bloggers!

Just a quick post from me tonight. Ross fell asleep a couple of hours ago, therefore had a few hours of crafting bliss!

Made a wee Valentine's Day card while I was free for a while. Bought a few wee Digistamps from Bugaboo when they had their sale on in January, and I thought this one was perfect for a Valentine's Day card:

Isn't she fun? I coloured the image with Promarkers and added gem stones for her earrings and glossy accented the icing on the cake.

The glossy accent looks a bit odd as it is still wet (had to take picture quickly so that it didn't run!

I used a Tim Holtz die and bright pink pearlescent CS for the hearts (it doesn't look as pink in the main picture, but is really bright), and also added some gems to the hearts. The sentiment is from a set by Papermania which I mounted onto the pearlescent CS. The backing paper is from stash (red with pink polka dots.

So that's my wee Valentine's card. I'd like to enter the above card in the following challenges:

Totally Stampalicious - Colour Combo Pink and Red

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 136 Valentine

Charisma Cardz - Challenge #4 Valentines/Love

Craft Your Days Away - Challenge #12 - Love

Thanks for looking and any comments you may leave

Lynnexx

It's Hip to be Square - but not this week!

2011-01-23T14:37:00.002Z

Hello bloggers!

Over at Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT this week the theme is 'Anything But Square'.

I have had a card half made for a while now, which was anything but square, and decided that this was the perfect opportunity to finish it. Here it is:

Definitely not a square :o). I made the card using the LCI Cupcake Stamp, and it took a while!

1. Stamp the image onto some scrap card and cut around cupcake, cutting right round to make a cupcake template.

2.Using the template and a fresh piece of white card, draw round the template to make the background. Draw the front images first and then add the cupcakes in the background.

3. Decorate the cupcakes and adhere to an A5 piece of card folded lengthways.

4. stamp the cherry from the Cupcake Stamp several times onto some card and cut out. Colour and add glossy accents. Put aside to dry.

5. Stamp the main image of Cupcake Cutie and colour. I added some GA to her shoes to make the patent and also to the cherry on the main image, also added some glitter to her top.

6. Adhere the cherries to the bottom of the card and the main image positioned in front of the other cupcakes.

7. Add sentiment. Mine was from a set I got free with Docrafts magazine yonks ago.

Looks like Cupcake Cutie is going to be busy with all those cherries still to add!

The cherries are much glossier IRL.

I'd like to enter this card in: Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT - Anything But Square.

Thanks for looking and any comments you may leave

Lxx

Little Bit o Burns the Scottish Bard

2011-01-19T23:35:00.001Z

Burn's Night is nearly upon us - 25th January (my eldest was born on 30th January and is called Robert, just missed the appropriate date to be born by 5 days LOL).

I made some little ATCs that mark the occasion, here they are below in all their glory:

If you click on the picture you should be able to read the excerpts of wee poems by the man himself.

I used a tartan pp that I have had in my stash for ever, added some lace left over from my wedding dress - that'll be antique lace then, since I've had it for 15+ years:o) and some flowers that I won from Sue on a Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT blog hop! Thanks Sue.

I found a scroll shape on the web and did a bit o jiggery-pokery (as my dad would say) to add the wee bits o poetry, printed onto cream CS and crumpled then a little distressing ink added to age them a little. I also distressed the edges of the ATCs with a nail-file (do we crafters never use anything as it was intended - probably not), attached the scrolls to the ATCs with some 3-D squares and voila!

Some of these have people's names already attached, as I owe a few for swaps on the Docrafts Forum. Might have to keep a wee one for myself :o)

Thanks for looking and any comments you might leave.

I'd like to enter the above ATCs to the following Challenge:

Tuesday Taggers: Robbie Burns

Lxx

Happy Belated New Year!

2011-01-16T14:53:00.002Z

Hello 2011.

I have no idea where the last few weeks went. Had a fabby Christmas and New Year, but haven't had a chance to play with my new toys yet, when I do the results will be on here!

I have had a chance to craft a little, but have spent most of the time trying to squeeze a new sea of toys into a small childs already over-flowing room full. The advantages of a teenager is that the gifts get smaller so no struggle to find a home for their new stuff!

I managed to create the below card in between the chaos:

The image is by Sugar Nellie "Baby Millie" isn't she sweet with her ickle teddy and blanky. The papers are from various selections as I was trying to keep the card mono-coloured The stamp is one I have had in my stash for eva' but have never used. Can't think Why coz it's a great sentiment.

Millie is coloured with my Promarkers and the little bits o bling are from Ladybug Crafts Ink and I cut round the image with a Spellbinder scalloped circle and inked it up a little with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink.

The flower is from stash with another wee bit o bling added and the pink dummy (it's kinda transparent - you can just make it out, it's much nicer IRL) I got at the SECC one year from Mae Flower.

That's my card. Not made a baby card in a while and think it has turn out no bad.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Lady Bug Crafts Ink TLT: Challenge 10 - Baby
The Sugar Bowl: Challenge 51 - Kiki's Sketch
Cute Card Thursday: Challenge147 - Monochrome
Stamp Something: Stamp Something - Anything Goes
The Crafty Pad: Challenge 104 - Something New
Cupcake Craft Challenges: Cupcake 124 - Something New

Thank you and Happy New Year - Lang May Yer Lums Reek!

Lynnexx

Santa is just around the corner....

2010-12-17T15:17:00.001Z

... I can almost hear his jingling bells :o).

Snow has gone for now, but may not be away for too long. I'm at the 'Oh who have I forgotten' stage, where panic sets in! At least I have 8 days (8 DAYS!!!) left to get the last bits n pieces.

I made my mum a bracelet for part of her Christmas, she can't wear metals as it breaks her out in a rash, but quite liked some glass bead bracelets I had made for myself. So I have made one for her and will pop it in with her pressie.

I needed something to put it in and found a wee gift bag template on Craft Stamper website.

This is the bag I made:

The stamp is by Ladybug Crafts Ink (Ruby). Isn't her Santa suit great! She is coloured with my Promarkers and glitzed up with glamour dust on all her fluffy bits (although they haven't photographed really well :o/ ). I added some tinsely ribbon round the top of the bag just to set it off.

I also added wee pearls to Ruby's coat for buttons and die cut some snowflakes, from blue card, with a cuttlebug die and covered them with glamour dust. There is a Christmas greeting of '...with love at Christmas Time' on the back with more die cut snowflakes.

I'd like to enter the above gift bag in the following challenges:

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Winter Wonderland
Moving Along with the Times - Let It Snow
Winter Wonderland - Wrap It Up!

A little bit of sunshine through the snow!

2010-12-03T09:39:00.004Z

Morning from a v.white West Coast of Scotland!

I dunno what everybody is moaning about - I love the stuff, all white and fluffy and irresistable. Dontcha just love putting your footprints in the newly fallen stuff??

Here's the 6 foot snowman outside my door, built by my eldest Robert (on the left) and the two kids from down the street. The outside cupboards were raided for arms and hence the two badminton rackets sticking out of the snowman. They had to get Billy (my hubby) to lift the body and head onto him as it was so heavy. Ross (3) isn't in the photo as he was far to busy in the snow to be bothered with all that photo-taking malarky.

Over at Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Blog this week they are using the colourwheel, and you have to choose the colour opposite your favourite colour to make a card! I looovveee BLUE (don't see the point in other colours - well other than to show off how nice blue is LOL). Therefore, I had to use ORANGE to make my card!! Not a colour I use very often I must admit, but I don't hate it. I did struggle a bit looking for orange stash, but then came across a Docrafts Goodiebag from a while ago that had the Capsule Collection inside - and it was all orangey and lemony - just perfect!

Here's my card with the ever so adorable Jack on it!

Doesn't look like he'll be so adored when the rightful owner of those flowers finds out though LOL. The ribbon, brads and papers are all from the Capsule Collection.

Jack (who you can buy here - and for December get another stamp half price!) was coloured with my Promarkers and I added some ickle flowers I found in my stash to the image with little bits of bling in the middle of them to make it a wee bit more 3-D. I think they work really well.

The sentiment is from a free stamp set with the Docrafts magazine this month, and just suits this image to a T. I also added some more of the ickle flowers to balance things up a bit.

I'm quite chuffed with my orange card, and you never know I may use it more in the future.

Over at MAWTT this week they are looking for cards 'For Someone Special', and this card is just right soooo - I'd like to enter the above card in the following challenges:

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Blog - Challenge 5 Caz's Colour Wheel

MAWTT - Challenge 75 - For Someone Special

Thanks for looking and any comments you are kind enough to leave

Lxx

Raven About Christmas!

2010-11-20T11:13:00.003Z

Morning Bloggers!

I've been busy again with yet another Christmas Card. This little cutie from Sugar Nellie is called 'Raven'. She was one of my pur-chases at the SECC in October. I have been wanting to get her for a while now, isn't she just gorgeous!

The papers are from part of a set from QVC. The gold pearlescent card is from stash, I used some of it to back the papers and another piece I embossed with my Cuttlebug's Snowflake folder.

I used my Promarkers to colour Raven, added some glamourdust to her dress to give it a Christmas sparkle and then cut her out and mounted her on the embossed card with 3-D foam squares. The sentiment is from a little set from Studio G. The poinsettias are from stash, glittered with stickles.

The snowflakes were cut using a Cuttlebug Snowflakes die and covered in glamourdust.

That's her, I think I'm gonna make more of this card as I love her so much!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

The Sugar Bowl Challenge 48 - Marlene's Sketch

Sarah Hurley Challenge 18 - Embossing

Thanks for looking and any comments you might leave.

Lxx

Naptime at 365 Cards

2010-11-19T10:57:00.001Z

Hello

Just a quick post, with a quick card that I made for my dad for his birthday.

Over at 365 Cards this week one of the days is to make a card incorporating 'Naptime'. This card is just perfect for that challenge don't you think?

The stamped image and sentiments are from Papermania and the papers are from K & Co. Coloured with my Promarkers (the chair is the exact colour of my parent's lounge suite lol). He actually looks like my dad, and the quote is one of my dad's favourtie sayings :o).

I'd like to enter the card in the below challenge:

365 Cards - Imagine This: Naptime

That's all folks! Told you it was a quick one.

Lxx

New Home

2010-11-17T17:59:00.001Z

Hello lovely Crafting folk!

Over at Cupcake Craft Challenges this week the challenge is to make a House Warming card. I don't have any friends moving house at the moment, but these cards do always come in handy and I have made a few of the below card for just such an occasion.

The card is A6 and has been punched with my Martha Stewart punch down one edge. I have used Pepper and Friends paper (which I also punched with my MS punch. and I placed a strip of the paper inside the card (which you can see through the punched detail on the card itself. I then added a little peel off glittery borded down one edge. The New Home sentiment has been stamped freehand using some alphabet stamps in my stash.

The stamp is by Lavinia Stamps (aren't those wee houses sooo cute - I love their stamps) and is coloured with Promarkers, I then went over the whole image with some sparkly chalks and the image is a bit glittery, but you can't really see that from the photo. It was then mounted on some lilac scalloped edge card from Craftwork Cards.

Well - that's me wee card and I'd like to enter it in the challenge below:

Challenge 117 - House Warming

Thanks for looking and for any comments you are kind enough to leave!

Lxx

Christmas is only 40 sleeps away!

2010-11-15T11:47:00.002Z

How scary is that!

I have made some Christmas cards, but no where near all of them. Better get my skates on...

I have made the one below using a Kenny K digistamp. His characters are fabby, and I'm sure hubby will love this card! My mum has asked me to make my dad one also, just hope it doesn't give him a heart-attack.

Isn't she a sex kitten. I have coloured her with my Promarkers and added glamour dust to the white trims on her gloves hat and boots. The papers are from a set that I got from QVC many moons ago, and found in one of my craft drawers the other day, while digging out Christmas stash. Card is also from stash.

This is a wee close up of Xmas Hottie.

And this is a close up of the sentiment. I added glamour dust to the sentiment and put some glossy accents over 'Glisten' to make it stand out a little.

Off to make some more now (I hope). Ross was crafting with me this morning. I gave him my tool-taxi (which I don't really use) and he managed to get the glue stick stuck inside the glue holder (how did he do that - the mind boggles). Have been saved by The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse for the moment, but that won't last, coz mummy's craft stuff is soooo much more interesting!

Anyhoo - I'd like to enter the above card in the following challenges:

Kenny K's Challenge # 19 - Sparkle and Spots
Sir Stampalot November Challenge - Christmas Traditions (a Santa suit is traditional - right?)
Bee Crafty Challenge 42 - Christmas 2
The Crafty Pad - Christmas Sparkle

Hope you all have a fun-filled day!

Lxx

Party Girl!

2010-11-12T21:32:00.004Z

Hello

I've been hibernating today, would have blown you away Mary Poppins style on the West Coast of Scotland.

It did give me a chance to make the following card though - so there is a plus to horrid weather :o)

The colours aren't as vibrant as they are IRL. The stamped image is Robyn from Ladybug Crafts Ink. She's having a wee rake through the dressing up box by the looks of things. She is coloured with Promarkers and I did a wee bit of layering on the image as I wanted to add a frilly underskirt with some organza ribbon that I got a while ago from The Ribbon Box at one of my trips to the SECC in Glasgow. The papers are Pretty Please Spring Papers from MME and card is from stash.

You can see the frilly underskirt better in this picture (or petticoat - for those of you who are wondering what I'm talking about). I used some pearly beads for her necklace and outlined the image with some pink peel-offs that I've had for yonks (I'm not a big peel-off fan, but they have their uses).

I also used the ribbon to trim the card as you can see from the above photos. The shoe brads are from Woodware. I punched the paper with my Martha Stewart punch and added some bling to the wee puched out circles, and also trimmed the bottom of the papers again with the pink peel-offs.

I'd like to enter the above card in the following challenges:

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Challenge #2 - Ribbon

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge #138 - Anything Goes

Lily of the Valley - Challenge and Blog Hop

Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog - Challenge 17 - Easel Card

Any comments are greatly appreciated :o)

Lxx

I Made the Top 3!

2010-11-09T21:39:00.000Z

Just a quick note to have a wee brag coz I MADE THE TOP 3 at Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Blog. I'm soooo chuffed, my first ever top 3 card - and was for wee Jack card below. He was really fun to make, and am sooo happy he won!

That's it - told you it was just a wee note to brag :oP

heehee

Lxx

Hop to it!

2010-11-07T19:54:00.002Z

Hi there.

Just on for a few minutes to post my most recent card. It's a boys card. Probably meant for a little boy, but I think it will be going to my BIL. I usually make him a footy card as he's footy nuts, but I think this wee card will make a change.

Here it is:

The stamp is from Ladybug Crafts Ink - Little Jack chasing a Frog. This wee chap is soooo cute. He reminds me of my boys. Look at his wee cheeks, all puffed out from chasing the frog, do you think he'll catch it - who knows, but he'll be really tired after all that running and be in his bed early, good news for his mum LOL. The sentiment on the card was a Happy Birthday one, but I changed the 'A' in 'Happy' to an 'O'. Well, how could I resist?

I coloured Jack and the frog with my Promarkers and glossy accented the frog to make him look like, well, a frog! I also cut around the stamp to make it look like the frog is trying extra hard to get away by jumping out of the frame, and I also added 3-d squares to the frog part to make him stand out from the papers.

This wee frog that I have used for an embellishment is from my friend Pat over at Patsy May she has some great embellishments that you can use on cards and then iron them onto clothes afterwards (multi purpose embellishments!)

Part of the challenge that the above card is for had an option to decorate the inside of the card. I've never done this before and I must say it is very effective. This may become a permanent addition to my card making!

Okay - off to post it onto the challenge now at Ladybug Crafts Ink - First Ever Challenge . Why don't you pop on over and have a go. You'll have to be quick though coz the end date is tomorrow!

See ya later-gaters (as my 13 year old would say!)

Lxx

A Cracker of a Christmas

2010-11-05T10:56:00.002Z

Hello

Not been on for a few days. Was busy with Halloween and a wee jaunt to the SECC for the Craft Fair.

I won a wee stamp over on LadybugCrafts Ink and finished the card I was making with it last night. I wanted to upload then, but my camera decided that its batteries needed charging - so had to wait until this morning for pics!

Here it is in all its glory:

I love it, love it, love it, aren't they a sweet couple. I kinda based the colours on the ones my hubby and I would have worn when we were that age. Hence the reddish hair on Nikki and the Black on Ben (well - my hubby's hair used to be black, it's gone a bit silvery/grey now, and he says it's my fault flamin' cheek, dunno what he means!!!). The base card is a piece of A5 textured card folded in half and a cracker shape cut into it. The paper on the top and bottom of the Cracker and on the label are a vellum from my stash that I've had for donkey's years - so don't have a clue where I got it.

I coloured Nikki and Ben with my Koh-I-Noors, with Promarkers for their skin and then cut them out so I could mount them on 3-d foam pads. I then used some glamour dust on Nikki's clothes, added a gem to her hat and I don't know if you can really see it, but I glossy accented Ben's hair so that it looked gelled (sp?).

The poinsettias are ones I have had for a couple of years, got them from my good friend Pat from Patsy May. I added some gold stickles to them to make them a bit sparkly.

The sentiment is under the label on the Cracker. In Glasgow (and other parts of Scotland) we refer to hooking up with someone as 'pulling' (as in when you've been out for a night out your friend might say 'so did you pull tonight then?'. I don't know if this applies to other parts of the globe - maybe so. Anyhoo, I used the wee sentiment here for a bit of fun! Designed and printed from my very own PC.

So that's my card - hope you like it, and any comments are much appreciated.

Off now to wrestle a 3 year old into a bath and maybe this afternoon I will get to play a bit more.

Lxx

The Sugar Bowl Challenge 45 - Tiet's Sketch

2010-10-20T20:13:00.003+01:00

Hello again

Another quick post with a card for the above challenge over at the sugar bowl. Don't know where my time goes these days!

The challenge was to use Tiet's Sketch to make your card. This is the sketch:

And this is the card I made for the challenge:

The stamp is a Gorjuss Girl 'Flower Girl'. A real Hippy-chick! I love those wee flowers in her hair! I think I will be giving this card to my sister for her birthday, coz the image reminds me of her when she was little.

I coloured her with my Promarkers and cut the little owl images from some pp to add a little bit of fun. The flowers are from my stash and have green brad centres.

I'd like to enter this card in the below challenge:

The Sugar Bowl Challenge 45 - Tiet's Sketch

Back very soon with some more creations I hope, maybe one involving a snowball (going to see how it turns out first - oh and yes! a card one not the melting kind!)

Lxx

What's comin' will come....

2010-10-14T22:29:00.006+01:00

Hello again

Nothing for days - then two posts in the one!

Over at Bugaboo Stamps they have just released some HP inspired digistamps. They are great images for any magical themed cards you want to make. I am taking part in their 4 part (yes 4 part) blog hop!

The last part was to make a magical inspired item with one of the new digistamps. The card I have created below is with an image of The Gentle One (from Freebie Friday at Bugaboo Stamps). I love this image of a gentle giant!

Isn't he a great image? I love his doggy - it looks so cute hiding behind him.

The image is coloured with my Promarkers and the lamp and dog's nose have been glossy-accented. I wanted something for the light of the lamp and was struggling with it until I came across some little trasparent mosaic tiles that I bought an age ago and never used. I think they look great and give the light some life about it (but I do admit I am biased).

The little owl is coloured with my Promarkers and I have added some googly eyes to cheer him up a bit!

The quote is one of the gentle giant's 'state the obvious' quotes that we love him for!

Well that's my card - and I'd like to enter it in the below challenge:

Catch The Bug Challenge - magic/fantasy-themed

Thanks once again for looking and any comments that you are so kind to leave.

Lxx

Harley a Calendar!

2010-10-14T22:21:00.002+01:00

Hello

Just a quick post to show you the calendar I made for my hubby. He's the proud owner of a Harley-Davidson motorbike (his pride and joy - picture of it in a previous post if you want a peek!).

Anyway, I thought I'd make him a calendar for his desk at work for next year, and what better to use than a bikey stamp!

The stamp is from Stamps Happen and is coloured with my Promarkers. The papers are from EK Success that I had left over from a Scrapbook that I made for Billy of our trip to Daytona Bike Week in 2006 (never throw anything out me - proper crafter!!!). The sentiment is from part of a set of digistamps from Totally Stampalicious, that I won on a wee blog challenge over on their blog!

I'm sure he'll like it, he's not getting it til New Year - or I may pop it in with his Christmas pressies.

Thanks for looking!

Lxx

Keep It Simple - Thank You

2010-10-05T17:22:00.002+01:00

Over at KIS this week they are looking for thank you cards, but like they say in their title - you have to Keep It Simple.

This is the card I have made for the challenge:

The card has been coloured with Tim Holtz Distressing Inks in Spiced Marmalade and Worn Lipstick. The triangle is made using post it notes and the same inks as before. The stamped image is by Penny Black and the sentiment is from a Marie Curie Cancer Care stamp set. The two little black bits of bling are from Kanban. That's it - very simple. I must admit I struggled not to add anything else - maybe just a wee swirly stamp, but I refrained!

Sugar Nellie's Sugar Bowl!

2010-10-04T21:27:00.001+01:00

Hello again. Really enjoying my blog now that it's up and running properly!

This is a card I have made for my Nanna for her birthday, she will be 93 years young! She's not your typical old grannie, so hence the younger style card.

The stamp is a Sugar Nellie stamp - Sitting with Bear by Elisabeth Bell coloured with my Promarkers and the card shaded with chalks (it's sparkly although you can't see it in the picture). The papers are from Wild Rose Studio (Milton & Co), card stock, flowers and brads from stash.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenge:

The Sugar Bowl - Challenge 44 - Lilian's Sketch

Thanks for looking and happy blogging!

Lxx

A Happy Ever After...

2010-10-03T22:39:00.001+01:00

I'm back!

I had a wee bit of spare time on my hands so thought I would make a couple of challenge cards today. On doing this I have discovered that I really really NEED craft storage space!!! Although even once I have it I probably still won't be able to find what I want in my stash.

After much hunting I came across all the bits for the below wedding card, it could also be used for an anniversary card as the sentiment is quite generic (big word for a Sunday). I think I will be giving it to my mum and dad who will be 44 years married this year.

The stamped image is by Lily of the Valley and the sentiment is by Elzybell. The papers are Papermania ones that I have had for years - hence why I couldn't find them :o) The flowers are from stash and the pearls from Kaiser Scrapbook. The flower centre is a brad which was part of a huge scrapbook set from Costco, which I got for very little pennies :oD - love a bargain me!

I'd like to enter this challenge in:

LOTV Challenge Blog - Challenge 67 Sketch by Bev

Thanks for looking and for any comments

Lxx

Hallooooween!!!

2010-10-03T22:26:00.002+01:00

Hello

Just a quicky post as I would like to enter the below card in Totally Stampalicious - Stampalicious Monday. I'm hoping it's not too late!!

The witch and caludron images and the Happy Halloween sentiments are by Totally Stampalicious and were a freebie on their blog for this challenge. The other images are stamps by Tanda Stamps. The paper is from stash. I stamped the web and the sentiment on acetate and attached it so that they look as though they are floating on the card.

Away to post it now for the challenge - back in a mo!!!

Lxx

It's a Date!

2010-09-30T17:43:00.001+01:00

I can't believe it. I just saw some selection boxes in Tesco! It's only September for Pete's sake!!

That also must mean that New Year is just around the corner too though sooooo.....calendars!!!

I was crafting at the weekend, and have only now had a chance to put the creations on here. I made 4 calendars to give to friends at work {well 1 is mine and 3 others are to give to friends}. I have another couple still to make, but am v.pleased with the results so far. Here they are....

The calendars are made from 6 x 6 cards, scored and folded to make the calendar base.

The first one is a Sugar Nellie stamp from Funky Kits I love this image of the girl with her cat {this one be my calendar}. The image is coloured with my Promarkers, mounted onto lilac cardstock. I have added some Forever Friends backing paper to the card and mounted the image onto it. I made the swirls with a Sizzix die cut 'Scribbles Swirls' out of the same card as the backing on the image. I then added a few flowers from my stash, and voila - there you have it. I'm thinking I might have to add a bit of my 'new best friend' to them {aka Glamour Dust lol}, just to give them a bit of bling!

The above calendar is made the same was as above. This image is from Designs by Leere (from Stampavie) and is coloured with my Koh-i-noor pencils.

The above calendar is made the same way again. This image is from Flower Fairies and was a freebie stamp with a magazine {sorry - can't remember which one}, it is a great stamp and very detailed and is also coloured with my Koh-i-noor pencils.

The last one {also made same way as above - can hear an echoooo in the room} is another Sugar Nellie stamp from Funky Kits, coloured with my Promarkers.

I hope you like my calendars, and thanks for looking. Please leave a comment to let me know you paid a visit!

Thanx - luv n hugs

Lxx

First Christmas Cards of 2010!

2010-09-23T20:27:00.003+01:00

It's only about 3 months until my favourite time of year! Yes - Christmas is just around the corner and I can't wait. Robert is after an i-pod touch and Ross wants the contents of the Argos catalogue (well - the toy section anyway). I'd just like more Time - anyone know of a good shop that sells some?

I have managed to make 2 Christmas Cards so far, but am quite pleased with them. Guess which one I love the best!

The stamp is by Lily of the Valley - one of their new Teddy James stamps. He's such a cute wee bear, and I love that he's all tangled up in the tinsel.

He's coloured with my Koh-i-noors and Promarkers and there is about a ton of glitter and glamour-dust on him - all sparkly just like Christmas should be.

I added some glamour-dusty snowflakes and wee gems to the centres of them and a bit of snowflake ribbon the same colour as the backing paper.

Finally a wee sentiment from my stash of stamps and that's it! Quite a quick, simple card to make, but I think it looks great.

Next is the same teddy in more traditional Christmas Colours.

Again I have used my Koh-i-noor pencils and Promarkers to colour him.

I was originally going to colour the sentiment, but think it looks great just the way it is. I added a little bit of bling to the left hand side of the card to balance it a little.

Then I die-cut a Christmas Ornament, coloured it with my Promarkers and went a bit daft with the glamour-dust again! The ornament is hanging from the sentiment on silvery beaded thread, just to set it off.

I hope you like my first two Christmas cards, hopefully I will get the chance to make more.

I think I will enter the first card (as it is my favourtie) into two challenges (my first time doing this - ooooohhhh) as he is my favourite card - have I said that already LOL.

LOTV's Challenge Blog - Untraditional Christmas
Keep It Simple - Bling It

Thanks for looking and for any comments you leave.

Lxx

My Wee Cousins is now a Mrs

2010-09-02T13:04:00.005+01:00

Morning from a beautiful sunny Beith.

My wee cousin got married in Montreal, Canada. I couldn't manage to go to the wedding, as much as I would have loved to as a Scottish/Greek wedding sounds like a fantastic excuse for a party! I used to babysit Nicola when she was ickle and I can't believe she's married, where did those years go (answers on a postcard please :oD)?

This is the card I made for Nic and her new hubby Tim.

The stamp is from Lily of the Valley . I just love these kiddies dressed up in wedding togs. It reminds me of when I was little, trying on my mum's wedding dress and imagining that it was my big day!

I coloured the back ground of the image with Worn Lipstick Distressing ink and coloured the image with my Promarkers. The papers are from My Minds Eye that I got as a freebie with a magazine. I added two wee flowers to the top left and bottom right corners and little pearls to the centres to finish them off.

I love this little sentiment from Elzybells which I cut out freehand and inked up with the distressing ink and mounted to match the background.

I don't know where I got this little bow from, but it's so cute I wish I could remember. I added ribbon in the same colours as the bow and mounted the bow on the bottom left of the card.

Well that's it - the newly married's are in Peru at the moment on Honeymoon. I wish them all the best for their future together and hope they end up old wrinkly married's!

Lxx

2nd post today - My wall hanging for The Geordieland Craft Meet!

2010-08-30T10:00:00.010+01:00

Yes - it's me again. Unheard of - posting twice in the one day LOL.

Ross is now awake so this will be a quick one. Then I will be off to stop him destroying what is left of the house!

Below is a wall hanging that I have made to swap at a craft meet in Geordieland. I met some ladies through Docrafts website chat forum and this will be our 3rd meet. Cazro kindly arranges this meet, where we have breakfast and then CRAFT ALL DAY! Isn't that good. We have demos that some of the crafters organise and we get to learn lots of new things. it's on 11th September and I can't wait!

The wall hanging was made with some inspiration from Craft Stamper Magazine (for which I have a wee subscription heehee). I'm quite please with it and I hope whoever receives it at the meet will also like it too. The frame is made from mountboard and painted with acrylic paints. I then stamped a crackle effect onto it and then coloured again with alcohol inks.

The first square is a stamp from Prima Go Green Concepts. I glossy accented the dragonfly and added a dragonfly brad and a flower brad that has been coloured with alcohol inks.

The second square is a Crafty Individuals image that I coloured with distressing inks then glossy accented the flower. I then added a fragment (which is stained on the back with distresing ink). I added some glitter to the outside of the image and scraped some back off to distress it a bit. I then added some shells that I got for free from Sands of Luce beach in Stranraer (don't you just love nature).

The third square is a jolee that I found in my craft drawer. I have distressed it with distressing inks and added some gems.

The fourth square is again a Crafty Individuals image coloured witrh distressing inks and glossy accented. I then used alcohol inks on a slide mount and added some gems to the slide mount once dry. I placed the image into the slide mount and added it to the frame, then added some flowers with little gems for their centres.

The fifth square is a sentiment that has been distressed and coloured with alcohol inks. I then adherd it to the frame and adhered some gem stones to the frame (also free from nature - same place as above:oD) with silicon glue.

Last but not least, the sixth square. It again is a Craft Individuals image. I have coloured it with distressing inks and glossy accented the floer. The key is a stamp from Prima Go Green Concepts, which I have again glossy accented. I then added some gems to finish it off.

I'm really please with the way it has turned out.

I'm off now. Hope to get some time this avo to do a few crafty bits n bobs.

See you soon I hope!

Lxx

Ross is 3 on 5th September - here's his card!

2010-08-30T09:09:00.014+01:00

I can't believe that in 6 days time my youngest will be 3. It seems like yesterday I was in hospital causing chaos at his birth, involving a broken hospital bed (but that's another story).

We live in a relatively football free house. How I manage that living so near to Glasgow I'll never know. Ross is changing all that though as he loves nothing more than running about with a ball and scoring GOALS, so I had to create this card for him, I think he will love it.

I had to create the base card all by myself (ain't I clever LOL). I drew round a good old side plate then looked for a picture of a ball on the internet, saved it and opened the image then put paper to computer screen and adjusted the image to get the correct size and trace round it (I have to add that I had run out of ink for the PC and wanted to make the card NOW and not later so hence the antiquated way of doing it)

I used Jack with his Football stamp from Ladybug Crafts Ink for the image and coloured with my koh-i-noor pencils and promarkers. I made Jack dirty coz I know when my boy is playing with a ball he is never clean afterwards.

Look at his dirty wee face, so cute. I love these little stamps. I glossy accented the number 3 and the black parts of the ball, which have worked really well and it looks a bit more like a real ball (well - if you use your imagination a little)

Thought since it was his card that I should include a picture of the boy in question. This is him sitting on his dad's pride and joy, although Ross calls it his bike.

Hope you like my card. I have more creations to post so watch this space!!

Cheeri 4 now

Lxx

A new card

2010-08-03T18:07:00.014+01:00

Hello

Am on here while small child is watching a cartoon, so have relative peace for about 2 mins. I managed to create the below card today. I had stamped and coloured the image a while ago, but never had the time to finish it off.

The stamp is from Ladybug Crafts Ink - Nikki and Friends, Nikki in her bath.

I had bought Jolees years ago when I first started crafting and they were a bargain buy on e-bay, and you know how much we crafters love a bargain. Turned out they were one of those things you buy and never look at again. I must have archived what was in them somewhere in my head, as when creating this card I had a memory of slippers and a towel somewhere - lo and behold - they were included in a Jolee pack. I coloured the main image with my promarkers and added some glossy accents to the bubbles.

I tried to create bubbles with embellishments from Craftwork Cards, don't know if I'm 100% happy with them , but they look not too bad. I also added a rubber duck (after all what's a bath without a rubber duck). I had a stamp of a bottle of bubbly and matching glass. I stamped and cut out and added these to my main stamped image - nothing better than a glass of bubbly whilst bathing...

Here you can see the slippers and towel that I mentioned, I added a little bit of bling to these to set them off. I think I could easily create these from some towelling material and a little bit of imagination.

The sentiments are also by Ladybug Crafts Ink.

That's me for today. I have another card on the go, might get a chance to upload it tomorrow.

Back - and hoping to stay back!

2010-07-18T13:30:00.009+01:00

Been ages since I've been here. Just don't seem to get the time to update my blog these days. Busy, busy, busy!

Thought you might all like to see a wee card I made from a Sarah Kay stamp that I love. It's sooo versatile and can be used for any age really.

Here are a few versions of it:

This was one I made for my Nanna's Birthday - she is 92 years and still very young at heart! Happy birthday Phoebe!!! I coloured this one with watercolour pencils, which give a nice soft effect. Perfect for my Nanna.

A very different looking card now for my sister. This is coloured with Marvey's, but I have now invested in my new best friends namely Promarkers, I just love these new pens - cards to follow will be coloured with these and you can really see the difference. The paper I used for layering was handmade paper that I wet and ripped for a nice feathered effect round the edges of the card.

The last card was a 40th birthday card for a friend. The papers were a little give away by a member of the Docrafts website, meant to be alternative Christmas papers, but I think they go great with this card. Again coloured with watercolour pencils, which give a nice shading effect on the stamped image.
That's all for today. I'm off to have a look for other photographs of cards and ATCs that I have created and I will add these at a later date.
See you all soon - I hope.

ABSA 2

2008-05-22T09:55:00.000+01:00

Well. Here it is. The last of my ABSA swaps. This is Bob the Bead. the background is made from lollysticks and stained with furniture touch-up varnish. Bob is a sewing machine bobbin, decorated with wire and beads and safety pins. I had a lot of fun making him. Here's to many more ABSAs (well maybe lol).

Dreamcatcher Cross Stitch

2008-05-02T17:42:00.000+01:00

This is a cross stitch that I made for a friend who gives the best massages on the planet! After having Ross I had a really sore back (the one and a half hour labour probably had something to do with it lol). I paid Carol a visit and she fixed me right up with a wonderful relaxing massage.

She also does various other therapies and you can go firewalking, amongst other things, at her house (not done that yet!). Carol also now makes her own soaps and bath goodies called the National E.L.F. Service, and they are wonderful. Visit her website at http://www.elementalifeforce.co.uk/1.html where you can also see pics of her recent visit to the Amazon with her husband, who is a good friend of my Billy's.

Meet the Boys

2008-04-24T13:33:00.000+01:00

These are pictures of my two beautiful boys. Robert is 11 and proud big brother to Ross who is just 7 months. Robert loves PCs, gaming, eating, playing guitar and generally driving me nuts! Ross is an attention seeking cutie, who has a wee bit of a temper already! Aren't kids wonderful! I love them to bits.

ABSA

2008-03-31T00:25:00.000+01:00

This is my first ABSA (Alternate Background/Something Altered) ATC for a Do Crafts themed swap. It uses a sponge cleaning pad painted with H2Os for the backing and a bent key covered in red foil and decorated with wire and beads. Was a bit of a challenge and have got another one still to do... watch this space!

First Blog Post

2008-03-26T09:31:00.000Z

Hi all, have been ATCing since about mid-Jan and it has taken over my life. Learning new things every day. The photos are of an ATC made for the 7 Deadly Sins Challenge Swap, featuring my 11 year old Robert when he was about 9 months.