Anything Goes at The Crazy Challenge

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!

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)

77 Days til the Jolly Fat Man gets here!!

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 #86 - Three Colours of your Choice

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!

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

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

Raven About Christmas!

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

Christmas is only 40 sleeps away!

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

A Cracker of a Christmas

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

First Christmas Cards of 2010!

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