The Crafting Cafe Challenge Number 5!!

Hello all you lovely crafters!

It's the late Lyndi here... weather has been so B.E.A.-utiful in Scotland that I have been a bit neglectful/forgetful when it comes to my duties :o(, but hey, the sun doesn't stay for very long so you have to make the most of it while you can!

On the subject of SUMMER, the theme over at The Crafting Café this month is 'SUMMER'S HERE'!!!

This is the card I have made for the challenge using an LEJ Design digistamp:

 

I love this digi, it looks a bit like Scotland at the moment, I just wish I looked like that in my bikini. Haven't looked like that for a wee while now...

 

Why don't you pop on over to The Crafting Café and join the fun. You could be in with the chance of winning 4 wonderful digis from LEJ Designs

 

Thanks for looking folks and see you around, I'm away to sit in the sun :oD

 

 

 

The Crafting Cafe Challenge No. 4

Good Morning

I thought summer was just around the corner, but it seems to have done a runner again!

Oh well - just have to craft in the warm then, no complaints from me there...

This is the card I have made for The Crafting Cafe's new monthly challenge, which you can enter here.

I used two Bugaboo digi images, one was a freebie that I received a while ago for subscribing to the Bugaboo Newsletter, you can visit Bugaboo here, where you will find a digi image for every occasion.

I used a cuttlebug tree die for the little trees, Promarkers for colouring and Ransom stamps for the lettering. I also used patterned papers from a freebie pack that came with a card mag for the background, and used it to paper-piece the little car as I thought it looked a wee bit like a love-bug.

Hope you like my wee card, and pop over to The Crafting Café Blog to enter the new monthly challenge.

Ingredients:
Images: Bugaboo
Medium: Promarkers
Sentiment: Royal & Langnickel Ransom Alphabet Stamps
Card Stock: from stash
Patterned Papers: Free with magazine
Embellishments: Cuttlebug tree die

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

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
Here Come the Boys Challenge #51 - Paper Piecing

It's also Here Come the Boys 2nd Birthday Celebrations and the have some candy on their blog to celebrate!!!

Thanks for looking

 

Challenge Number 3 - The Crafting Cafe

Good Morning Crafters

This month over at The Crafting Café the challenge is Let's Celebrate.

I love a party and any excuse to celebrate. Love to dance and sing and generally enjoy myself, after all life is far too short!

Our sponsor this month is Crafty Sentiments Designs and you can visit their website here. I have used Poppy and Henry, two little bears in love xx

This is the card I made:

I used a shaped card and scored it to turn it into an easel card. I think used a sizzix die to cut out the loveheart frame and added the image behind.

I used punched butterflies with added bling to decorate the card, and a Gold Letraset Metallic Marker for the borders on the card.

The image is coloured with my Promarkers and the sentiment is a LOTV stamp, edged with the Gold Metallic Marker to tie in with the rest of the card.

Ingredients:
Image: Poppy & Henry from Crafty Sentiments Designs
Medium: Promarkers & Metallic Markers
Embellishments: Butterfly & circle punches punch, gold mirricard, red gems & sizzix heart frame die.

So pop on over to The Crafting Café and join in the fun this month.

Love n kisses

 

Challenge Number 2 at The Crafting Cafe

Morning Crafters and any others popping in for a visit!

 

It's the second challenge over at The Crafting Café and this time the Challenge is 'Your Favourite Colour'. We are sponsored this time by Delicious Doodles

 

 

 

and you can visit their shop here.

 

As I mentioned above the challenge this time is to use your favourite colour. I love blue! I also love black (when I was young my dad called my wardrobe the bruise, coz everything in it was black and blue - a bit of useless info for you there LOL). My card has a combination of these colours, and here it is:

 

 

I coloured the image using Promarkers (listed below). Mostly grey, but with a little hint of blue on the eyes (which I have glossy accented), feather and flower. I decoupaged the butterflies and coloured them blue with a hint of lemon and added glossy accents all over them. I then die cut the image with my Spellbinders and mounted it onto some mirricard. The script in the background is blue mirricard which I have embossed with a script embossing folder and sanded and added a metal corner. The rest of the background is black pearlescent card.

 

The stick pins and flowers I have picked up from various places along the way, but I couldn't get flowers the colour of blue that I wanted so...TOP TIP: I used my Promarkers to colour white mulberry flowers the exact colour I wanted them!!! I added a heart charm and some fabulous lacy ribbon (can't remember where I got this, but I really NEED some more).

 

 

The WISH ticket sentiment I made on my PC, printed, foiled (in blue of course) and die cut with a Whimsy ticket die.

Ingredients:
Image: Butterfly Bliss from Delicious Doodles
Medium: Promakers in Ice Grey 1-5, Polar Blue, April Showers, Icicle, Arctic Blue, Powder Blue, Aegean, Azure, Sky Blue, Lemon, Blender.
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Papers: Silver and Blue Mirricard. Black Pearlescent Card.
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts and various other craft shop buys.
Embellishments: Glossy Accents, Heart Charm, Lacy Ribbon, Leaf and Gem stick pins, Moonstone Brad, Metal Corner, and Moonstone Gems

 

I hope you like my card, and now you have to let me see your card made using your favourite colour over on The Crafting Café Challenge Blog. There is a prize this time of 4 wonderful digi stamps from our sponsor, so get on over there and enter!

 

Love n kisses

 

 

The Crafting Cafe Challenge Blog - First Challenge

Hi there

It's the big launch of The Crafting Cafe Challenge Blog.

The first challenge is up and running over here.

The Challenge is sponsored by LEJ Designs

 and you can visit her wonderful digi images here.

 

Now the First Challenge on the blog is nice and easy, Anything Goes! I have used a digi image from LEJ Designs called 'An Angels Touch' and it is available to buy from LEJ Designs website.

 

This is my card

It's a twisted easel card (only my second time doing one of these and I do quite like them). I used very muted colours, I was originally going to just stick to white on white, but decided that the wee touch of gold just set the card off.

 

This is a close-up of the image

 

I decided to try something a wee bit different with the wings and used some maribu feathers to decorate them. I think they look really effective and like a real angels wings (Yes - angels are real, and you won't change my mind!). I coloured the hair and skin with my promarkers and used gold mirricard for the backing. The butterflies are also from gold mirricard with some bling added.

 

This is the sentiment

 

Very fitting for the card. I have a guardian angel, but that is a long story for another day :) xx

 

Now pop on over to The Crafting Cafe Blog to enter your card, you might even win 4 fab digis from LEJ, and see some more inspiration from the other members of the DT. New wonderful inspiration will be posted throughout the month!

 

Love n Kisses

 

Thanks for looking 

A Review of The Docrafts Creativity Club

Good Morning 2013!

I have not been around for many moons, but this year I intend to get my blog up and running again :oD.

I spend a lot of time on Facebook now, where quite a few of my crafting friends live. While on there a few days ago I saw a request from Emma Collins (the Creativity Club Manager) for some people who are Docrafts members, but not Club members, to do a review on the Club.

I was given access to the club for a few hours in order to have a look around and play to see what my thoughts were.

Welllll - how could I resist. I was thinking about joining the Club when it first opened, but fear of the unknown and all that (and the fact that my kids have me robbed blind), I didn't bother at the time.

After having a good old play and checking out all of the content in the Club I must say I am very impressed. For the not so pricely sum of £24 for 12 month (YES - just £2 a month!) you have access to the following:

1. Club TV - An area where you can view all different kids of demos presented by real crafters, who know what they are talking about. With step-by-step demos on how to create a number of items from different shaped cards to clocks. A brilliant area for those of us who aren't so good at following the picture tutorials.

2. Exclusive Forum - Just for Club members where you can discuss all items relating to the Club (i.e. help with projects etc) or just for a general chit-chat, something we crafts love to do just as much as crafting :oD.

3.  Projects - An area where you can follow step-by-step picture tutorials on how to create a variety of different items Exclusive to the club like gift bags, photo holders, cards, jewellery and gift boxes to name but a few. Easy to follow instructions on how to make each item.

4. Downloads - A priceless area which allows you access to Exclusive content not available to anyone else. Papers can be downloaded that match the Docrafts Range of Products, Templates for the Projects, Digistamps, Jewellery Making, Decoupage Sheets, samples of up and coming ranges, the list goes on.

5. Magazine Library - Where you can access full back issues of the Docrafts Magazine. A must if you want to see something in a magazine that you might have missed, or if , like me, you have so much craft stuff, you just can't find the magazine that you want!

On top of all this you also get 15% reduction in the Docrafts Online Store!! as we as reduced P & P. I also spied Exclusive Offers on items for Creativity Club members. Along with Club Member prize draws!

As if that wasn't enough, once you join you also get a free goody bag with your first order. This includes a set of clear stamps, a mug, a cotton bag, a mouse mat and a Club Member badge!

I have a birthday coming up soon and I think this is going to be on my list. With all your crafting needs in just one place, how can I resist, How can you resist!!!

At only £24 for 12 months OR £13.50 for 6 months why not give it a try.

For more information and details of how to subscribe please pop over to Docrafts

Thanks Emma for the opportunity to view the Club and all it has to offer.

Go on - go and join! You know you want to. It costs less than a mag per month and has loads of useful content, which is updated regularly.

Mirror, mirror....

...on the wall!

Good afternoon bloggers!

I've not been around for many moons again. What with kids starting school (Ross for the first time!) I have been busy,busy.busy with life and not had a lot of time for crafting.

I did get my Craft Stamper mag though and have been having a dabble with some inks and metal tape, inspired by one of their articles and made a nice wee mirror (that my mum is currently trying to nick as she has 'the perfect spot for it').

Here it is:

The mirror is from a v.famous Swedish shop and I covered it in my new bestest friend (metal tape), after sticking some embellies to it. I then alcohol-inked the metal tape and used more metal tape to die-cut the flowers and butterflies.

I then die cut letters for the words Mirror, mirror (you can see them on the top right of mirror) and used my dymo to type out 'on the wall' onto some copper tape. (bottom left of pic)

I had a ball doing this mirror (thank you Craft Stamper for the info and inspiration).

I'm off to a craft meet in about a week and am taking my metal tape with me to show people how easy it is to use.

I LOVE my mirror - and being my first one my mum will have a fight on her hands getting it off me LOL.

Hope you like it too!

Lynne xx
 

A Card for Sophie

Hi there

I added a link to my blog a wee while back (top left hand side), about making a card for Sophie. She's is receiving treatment for Hodgkin's Disease at the moment and I have heard recently that she is doing well. She still has about 4 months of treatment left, so if you would like to make a card for Sophie please click on the link for further information :o)

Here is the card that I made, which is winging its way to Sophie as we speak:

I used violet colours throughout the card, as these are the colours for Hodgkin's Awareness. I love that sentiment, and I know how much of a fight Sophie will have to be putting up to come through all of this, so thought it very appropriate for the card. The background of the card is a fabric, I have no idea where I got it from, but am now wishing I had bought more LOL.

This is a wee close up of the image from Kenny K, which I thought fitted the sentiment exactly. I hope Sophie likes her card :o)

So free up a wee bit of time from your busy day,  pop on over to Kerry's blog to find out how to send Sophie a wee bit of crafters love :o) - you know you want to...

Ingredients
Image: Kenny K
Sentiment: PC generated
Medium: Promarkers
Die cuts: Whimsy Die 'Vines'
Metal Embellishments and Brads: Wild Orchid Crafts
CS and Fabric: From stash
Embellishments: Flowers, ribbon and gems from stash

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

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafts 4 Eternity - The Olympics (Boxing)
The Ribbon Girl - Girlie Card
By the Cute & Girlie - A Day at... the Gym


Thanks for looking and any comments you might be kind enough to leave

Blog Hop Candy Winner

Morning from a very wet Beith :o(

Wish the sun would show itself, so that a small child could go out and play and give me some peace!!!

Had a fantastic time on the Crafting Cafe Blog Hop the other day so many talented crafters and so much inspiration. Now I am ready to announce the winner of my blog candy. The lucky person is:

Jane Stillman

Congratulations Jane! If you pop an e-mail to bubblylynne@aol.com with your address I will get your prize off in the post to you as soon as I can get to a PO.

Here's to the next blog hop!

Crafting Cafe Blog Hop!

I'm back again. Hopefully will be around a bit longer this time :o).

Welcome to the first ever Crafting Cafe Blog Hop - The Crafting Cafe is a friendly group of crafters over on facebook who share their crafting journey together.... come on over and join us here if you want to.

If you have started from the beginning of the hop you will have come to me via Andree's Blog. If you found this hop by accident - welcome! To go to the beginning of the hop, pop on over to Nikki's blog, then you can start at the beginning and get to see the beautiful creations from everyone!

The theme for our blog hop is friendship, this is the card that I have made.

The girly stamp is by La Blanche. I've coloured it to look like one of my friends and me going for a wee chatty, girly walk. I used a Card Template I found while googling and decorate it with some pp and card stock, flowers and bling.
Ingredients:
Image: La Blanche
Sentiment: Kaiser Craft
Medium: Promarkers
Papers: Fancy Pants Design
Card Stock: From stash
Embellishments: Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts; ribbon, gems, buttons and string of pearls from stash.

Thank you for visiting me and if you leave a wee comment on all of the blogs you visit along the way I will be picking a lucky winner of the Blog Candy in the picture below:

There is a pack of Frame stamps from Papermania and 1 metre each of the twine and lace (the lace was extra from my wedding dress, so is really lovely).

So remember to check back after the hop has finished to see if you have won :o)

Now it's time to hop on over to the next blog... next on the list is........ Janna with her wonderful creation :o)

I'd like to enter the above card into the following challenges:
Craft-room Challenge - Friendship
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Double Trouble {two troublesome girls}
I {Heart} Promarkers - Challenge 123 Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz - Challenge 25 Anything Goes 
Happy hopping!

Something with Wings....

Hi there

What a glorious day it was here in Beith today. Even Ross (4) commented on it being warm outside - such a rare occurence for this part of the world :o)

Got an image from Kenny K a while back, but had neglected to ever colour it. So I printed it off the other night and decided to make the card in black, white and gold.

I'm really chuffed with the way it has turned out! Here is the card:

Isn't she a wee cutie. I love the blingy bit on the cards, I made them all by myself; gem templates ppffhhtt who needs them LOL.

Wee close up of the image, coloured with my Promarkers (I have them all now - even the Summer LE ones!!!).

Ingredients:
Image: Kenny K
Sentiment: Whimsy Stamps
Medium: Promarkers
Paper & CS: From stash
Embellishments: Crown and Wings die cut from TH Heart Wings; Gold Glamour Dust, bling and heart gem from stash


I'd like to enter the above card in the following challenge:
TLT Challenge #61 - Something with Wings
Crafts $ Eternity #72 - Wonderful Wings
Fairytale ChallengeBlog #40 - Things with Wings


Thanks for looking :o)

HELLO and Pretty in Pink!

Hi there

Feels like I have fallen off the face of the earth recently, not felt much like doing anything recently. Haven't crafted for what feels like eons.

Visited a friend last week to try and get me back on track and in the land of the living, and managed to create a card for a DT that I am on while there. I'm quite happy with her, though I'm not sure how she turned out as well, considering I haven't crafted for so long.

Here she is:

The image is 'Baby Cakes' from Saturated Canary (a new shop for digis is being opened very soon) for thecurrent challenge over at Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude Challenge Blog . Isn't she just soooo sweet!

I coloured her with my Promarkers, quite chuffed with the way she has come out, am thinking now that I should have maybe added a few freckles to her nose LOL.

Lovely, yummy flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Ingredients:

Image: Saturated Canary
Sentiment: LOTV
Medium: Promarkers
Papers: Me to You
Die Cutter: Nellie Snellin
Flowers and Metal Corner: Wild Orchid Crafts
Embellishments: Pins, ribbon and butterfly from stash

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

Saturated Canary Challenge 17 - May Flowers

Thanks for looking

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

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

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)

A Couple of New Blogs

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

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!