Bottoms Up!

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

Happy Mother's Day

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.

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!

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!

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

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

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

Happy Belated New Year!

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....

... 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!

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

Naptime at 365 Cards

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

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!

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!

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

Hop to it!

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

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

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....

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