:-)))

I have just seen that I won the Funky Fairys milk carton challenge and the GD spot :-) I was so busy uploading photo's and receiving the lovely blog award from 3 peeps !!! that I hadn't seen anything else :-0. I am sooo excited !!

I also have some 'other' news that I can tell you about too ;-)
I have been asked by Simon Says Stamps to start a new challenge blog for them !!!! How cooool is that :-) So ,,,, watch this space ;-) I ll be posting news about when it will start and some fabby blog candy in the hopefully not too distant future :-)
I think this is my lucky week :-) Think I should but a lottery ticket this week eh !!! ha ha

A big thank you to the Funky Fairy's team for picking me, I can't tell you how much I appreciate this especially as I have been made redundant from the Sketch and Stash Challenge ha ha

Off to continue me blog hoppin but before that am goin to pour myself a nice glass of somethin yummy ( red wine ) to celebrate :-)

Am a happy bunny :-)
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3 Challenges card

I made this card following Dawny's sketch on the Papertake Weekly Challenge I combined it with the Cute Card Thursday and the Charisma Cardz Challenge which are both asking for animals :-)
I used the Sensations stamp by Penny Black and the text stamp is a clear stamp from Papermania. The DP is craft creations. I really liked the paper and the sketch and I didn't want to add any other embellishments cos i really like this as it is !! :-)
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x

Just Christmas and Birthday Challenge

I made this card following a lovely sketch by Gri-Heidi on the Just Christmas and Birthdays Challenge It took me ages to make this !!! As you can see I made this like a wallet with a tag insert instead of an opening card.
I used a lovely Whiff of Joy stamp , the DP is a double sided paper from Papermania, the brads are doodlebug sugar coated and the flowers were cut out using my cricut, the text stamp is hero arts.
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine

Funky Fairys Challenge

The theme on the Funky Fairys challenge this week is swirls :-) I used a 'It's just so distressing' paper download from Funky Fairys which I then stamped swirly patterns from HOTP clear stamps with clear ink and embossed with plum sparkle EP. The small black embossed pattern and the Eiffel Tower are from Simon Says Stamps,the Dream Paris New York exclusive set :-) very easy this, no colouring :-)
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine

Josianne has some fabby blog candy , this is one of them there is another one too :-)
Good luck girls :-)
Lorraine

BLOG APPEAL !! :-)

The Pink Elephant, Arty Girlz and Stamp Something Challenges

I made this card following The Pink Elephant Challenge sketch, it also qualifies for the Stamp Something Challenge which is to use 3D, and the Arty Girlz Challenge which is to use butterflies :-) ( Thanks Jeanette) :-)
The butterfly stamp is from Magenta, I stamped it onto black card using white ink and embossed with opaque white EP, then coloured it with artquest interference paints. The vellum was stamped with white ink and I used holographic EP. The black card I used for mounting was glimmer misted with denim blue and meadow green.
As you can see I used black/grey coredinations which was cuttlebugged and sanded. The swirly design was cut out on my cricut. The DP is doodlebug.
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine

You're Invited :-)

The theme this week on the Spoonfull Of Sugar Challenge is shaped cards
I've had these cat shaped cards in my drawer for yonks and thought it was a good idea to use one, well it did seem like a good idea at the time !! ha ha. The card and cat face stamp are from Stampendous and the paper or rather her rather fetching ball gown was made using doodlbug designs,with pink glitter and diamonds :-)
I got the idea for the 'Fur Ball' from one of my best friends, Bert Childers, a Texan Vet who was awarded a lifetime achievement award at the SPCA in Dallas for his services to the poor animals, The award ceremony was during the annual 'Fur Ball' Fab name eh !!
This card also qualifies for Our Creative Corner Challenge too which is to use a tag on your card.
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x

No Reason card ;-)

I made this card cos I felt like it :-) I used up a few bits of card and leftover papers !!!
OK am off blog hoppin now, see what you ve all been up to :-)
Lorraine

House Mouse Monday and Cupcake Craft Challenges

I didn't know what Mojo was ! I had heard of people losing it but didn t know what they were talking about,,,, till today ! I think mine went walkies with Jessie and she lost it when she was bouncing through the fields :-)
This card took hours and hours to make ! I know it doesn't look it !!
Anyway here is my effort for the Cupcake Craft Challenge which is to use this sketch. I combined it with the House Mouse Monday challenge which is 'Mother' :-) My mum see's my blog so,,, ' Just that you know mum this isn't for you really '!!!
The HM stamp is a new stamp that I bought from Simon Says Stamps, I just wish I'd bought a few more !!I also used a Penny Black mouse paw print stamp and the stripes on the paper were made using a Judikins bollio, these were stamped with a purplish colorbox pigment ink and embossed with plum sparkle EP. I used pink stardream card to cut 2 frames on my cricut and to layer the paper too, the papers are from HOTP. the text was printed on the computer and the flowers were made with a daisy punch and my cricut machine.
Thanks for looking , I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine

Magnolia V Stampovie Challenge

I made this card for the Magnolia V Stampovie challenge which is to use this sketch. The Sarah Kay image was a RAK from Anesha and I think I have to get this stamp for myself, isn't she lovely :-) She is supposed to be doing a portrait of Tilda but can only paint bears !! ha ha.
Thanks for looking, I appreciate all your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine

Sketch Saturday and Colour Create Challenges

I followed the sketch on the Sketch Saturday challenge and the colour scheme on the Colour Create challenge,which is pink and grey, it is also optional to use cute and cuddly too, well I think this mudpie house mouse is quite cute :-) It took me ages to decide on which paper to use, and cut several pieces and didn't like any of them so in the end I printed some distressed paper from a download from Funky Fairy's and made a patterned paper using a Penny Black mouse feet stamp. I also used some grey core'dinations which I cuttlebugged using the swirl folder and sanded. The cupcakes and all the text is from a Simon Says Clear Stamps cupcakes set.
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments :-)
Lorraine

Secret Crafter and Penny Black Saturday Challenges

I made this card following the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge sketch. On the Penny Black Saturday Challenge the theme is 'Get Well Soon'.
The paper is BG London sunset, the stamp is PB mouse bouquet :-) The text stamp is by hero arts.
My new spellbinder corners arrived today so I just had to use them on this sketch :-)
I sprayed brown cardstock with green and peach glimmer mists, I used this to cut the diagonal strip, the largest nestie square and the corners, I don't know if it shows up in the photo's but they are really shimmery and gorgeous :-) The bronze flower is papermania and I think it finishes the card quite nicely :-)
I sort of decorated the inside too, this is a 1st for me . I usually just stick a plain insert with 'happy birthday 'or whatever stamped on it !!
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments
Am off to bed, will link this tomorrow, my typing's gorn haywire and this has taken ages to type, am exhausted, it's midnight here !!
goodnight all x x

p.s I was going to enter this in the Basic Grey Challenge but I hadn't read the rules properly and it can't be linked with another challenge so off to do another one :-)

Sketch and Stash Challenge,,,, Cat Wedding !

This is my 2nd and final card as GD for this challenge. This fab sketch is by Becky. As my last card for this challenge was using my new stash I thought I really should use old and neglegted stash for this one. The cat stamp is from an Australian company called 'Stamp-It' and is one of my first ever buy's, I used to colour it with orange and brown embossing pens ughughugh!! I don't have a photo ( fortunately I can hear you all saying ha ha ) otherwise I would have given you all a good laugh :-)The angel hair I bought at the same time, and obviously I haven't used it cos I still have loads of it ! I do like it though. I layered that over silver stardream card and secured it at the back. I decided to make this card into a Wedding card for cat lovers ! Hence the girly cat with pearls and the tom cat with a dickie bow :-)
The flowers were made on my cricut, I really don't know what I would do without that gadget !! The brads are papermania.
I would just like to add that I have loved being a GD on this challenge, Becky is a lovely girl and has given me alot of encouragement, go and see the cards the DT have made they are just fabulous :-)
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so PLEASE leave me one :-)
Lorraine.

ABC and Friday Sketcher's Challenges

I made this card following the Friday Sketchers Challenge sketch and combined it with the ABC Challenge which is B for brown/blue ( I was banking on it being baby boy blue ! ha ha ). I used my lovely new cuddly buddly stamp that I won in June's blog Candy, Thank you so much June x
As you can see I made this as a new home card. Anesha is moving house this week so I made it for her. Hope she doesn't see this but she did say she will be without the internet for a couple of weeks so it should be OK :-)
The papers are downloads from the Shabby Princess downloads.
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x

Funky Fairy's and Just Christmas and Birthday Cards Challenges

I made the card following the sketch on the Just Christmas and Birthday Card Challenge, I intend to follow this sketch and make a Christmas card tomorrow too :-) The DP are downloads from Funky Fairy's except for the gingham one which is papernania. The sentiment is from Hero Arts.
The Funky Fairy's challenge this week is to make a milk carton :-)
The carton was made using a template from create4fun. I used a free Funky Fairy's download from the love train for the carton itself and the top tag and used the dots are distressing download to layer the image onto and for the underneath tag. The words on the tag says 'special delivery' which I thought quite fitting for a milk carton :-) I also used some gingham ribbon as you can see :-)
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x

Truly Scrumtious and Charisma Cardz Challenges

The theme this week on the Charisma Cardz Challenge is 'Hugs and Cuddles'. I followed the 1st Truly Scumptious Challenge sketch for this card.The image is Penny Black Squeeze till I Squeak, but I taped off the large daisy flower and only stamped the mouses :-)
The papers and brads are from papermania. The heart shape was in the blog candy I won, thanks June :-) I stamped this with 'Hugs' which shows up quite well in real life but is all sparkly on the photo ! .The flower was punched out and the small one was cut out from the paper, all fixed together with a sugar coated brad.

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x

OK thats the last post of the day ! 3 cards today, think that's a bit of a record for me !! Off to celebrate with a nice glass of red wine and then I'll come visiting you all to see what you ve all been doing :-0 ( You'll have to excuse my spelling on your comments !!! )

Spoonfull of Sugar,Cute Card Thursday and Daring Cardmakers Challenges :-)

The theme this week at Cute Card Thursday is Signs of Spring,well this stamp is quite spring like isn't it ! the theme on Daring cardmakers is 'feeling green', lotta green on this card !! I followed the sketch on the Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge .
The main image is 'fur ball fun' by Penny Black, the scroll tree and sentiment are both by Hero Arts.I gave the sheep a blue rinse ha ha and I used yellow fun flock on the chicks so in 'real' life they're quite fluffy, the little flowers are made using flower soft :-)

Thanks for looking, i appreciate your comments , so please leave me one !! :-)
Lorraine x

Kaboodle Challenge meets The Vicar Of Dibley :-)

Am sure many of you will have seen the Vicar of Dibley episode where Geraldine meets Darcey Bussell ( mot sure if the splling is right !), As soon as I saw the sketch for this challenge I knew I had to make it into a mirror and use this stamp. Unfortunately I don't have the 'other' ballerina from Whipper Snapper, she is a little bit chubby and she would have been perfect for the mirror image !! If you look closely you can see her image which was stamped with hero arts grey shadow ink , then the image was coloured a little bit.
I really had fun making this card, the paper in the mirror is a download from Kaboodle, I needed it to be grey so I just printed in it greyscale ! easy enough !! took me ages to think of it though !! duh. The 'wallpaper' is by papermania. I cut the mirror frame out of silver glitter card twice to 3d it, on my cricut. The 'lights' around the frame are made by punching circles out of holographic paper. I think I've said enough !!
Thanks for looking, I really appreciate your comments so please leave me one before you hop off :-)
Lorraine

I have just been given this lovely award by both Pascale
and Sue
now I am supposed to pass this on to 5 blog buddies :-)
I always find this bit really hard, which is why if you scroll down there are awards awaiting forwarding !! I never know who to give them to, you're all just sooo nice :-)
So I am giving this to all you people who have taken the time to follow my blog. I really appreciate you taking the time to take a peek at my stuff :-) So please copy this and post it on your blog, you all deserve this x
Thanks, ok no more of the mushy stuff am off blog hoppin to see what you've all been up to while I've been bloomin freezin at mosaic class brrrr !! :-)
Lorraine x x

Whiff of Joy and Pink Elephant Challenges

The theme this week on the Whiff of Joy Challenge is to use this fabulous sketch by Katharina :-) The stamps I've used are in the new Whiff of Joy spring collection, lovely aren't they :-) Even the little butterfly is in the collection, I added vellum wings and glitter to make them 'pop' up a little bit.
The DP are Diane's Daughter's rustic gem and CK vintage vine glitter paper. The base card is brown, I also used cream card which I chalked with brown to give it a distressed look, the narrow strip behind the main image was also embossed using a cuttlebug folder. The lace ribbon was from my local haberdashery. The flower is by hero arts and the sentiment is a gift from Jenny

Thanks for looking, your comments are appreciated :-)
Lorraine :-)

Papertake Weekly and Cupcake Craft Challenges

I made these matching items for the Papertake weekly challenge, also I altered the pen holder, it was a box of christmas biscuits :-)so this enters the Cupcake craft challenge which is to alter something. I really wanted to make an image box like Jeannette's but I haven't managed to find a suitable box yet, will find one though am determined, go and see this fab box !!
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments :-)
Lorraine x

Magnolia V Stampovie Challenge

This week it's a colour challenge at magnolia v stampovie We have to use stamping up colours, choc chip, not quite navy, old olive and bashful blue. As I don't have any stamping up things I had to improvise and use what I thought would be the closest, hope these are OK !! The only other colour I used was the skin tone which is allowed too.
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments :-)
Going to blog hop now and see what you've all been up to today :-)
Lorraine

Sketch Saturday and Stamp Something Challenges

I followed the Sketch Saturday sketch for this card, The 'Stamp Somehting' Challenge is 'chocolate :-) yum. The stamp is by Whiff of Joy, cute eh !! :-) as you can see cute mouse is carrying a choccy cake. The centre of the flower and corner 'brads' are small chocolate drops that I won in June's blog candy :-) Thanks June x

Thanks for looking, your comments are appreciated so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x

Penny Black Saturday and the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenges

I followed the Penny Black Saturday Challenge sketch for this card and the theme this week on the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge is 'spring has sprung' :-) The 'bunny friends' stamp is by penny black, the text was printed on the computer. All the papers and gems are by papermania, and the ribbon was from June at Mrsspooks crafts blog candy which I won :-)
Thanks for looking, your comments are appreciated :-)
Lorraine

Friday Sketchers, ABC and OCC Challenges

I followed the Friday Sketchers sketch for this card but I put the flowers on the opposite side cos I thought it looked better on my card ! I noticed their DT member Carole had done the same so I figured it's OK then :-)The ABC challenge is A for Anniversary, so thats self explanatory and the Our Creative Corner Challenge is to use a favourite embellishment, charm mor whatever. Well I've been pondering this all week, I don't really have a favourite 'charm' what I do like is to use ribbons, especially the lovely organza ones, I always think they add a lovely dimension to a card. So thats my fave embellishment.
Thanks for looking, I really appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x

Cute Card Thursday Challenge

The theme this week on the Cute Card Thursday Challenge is music and dance. The ballerina stamp is by Whipper Snapper, the ballet shoes are magnolia and the music score stamp is Penny Black.The papers and pearl brad are papermania.
I found a keyboard on the internet and printed it too :-)

Thanks for looking, your comments are appreciated so please leave me one before hopping off :-)
Lorraine x

Whiff of Joy , Funky Fairy and Spoonfull of Sugar Challenges

The Whiff of Joy Challenge is to use their stamps of course and then a recipe of 3 papers, 2 flowers and one brad or button. It didn't say we couldn't use eyelets and ribbon though so I think it's OK!! The Funky Fairy Challenge is to use their papers, the dotty paper and the yellow distressed papers are from their downloads, faux stitching, and the Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge is to doodle, so I did both :-)

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments :-)
Lorraine x

Mosaic

I don't know if anyone is interested but I thought I'd show you this box I made at mosaic night skool :-) It's for Amy's new bathroom which we're in the process of renewing, I've left the sides plain white cos Amy is very arty and wants to put her own doodles on it after her GCSE exams.
Off blog hoppin now to see what you girls've been up to while I've been to night class !! :-)
Lorraine x

Cupcake Craft Challenge

The theme this week on the cupcake craft challenge is to make a scene, well I think the chicken just about to land is going to cause quite a stir ha ha , what do you think :-)
The stamps are all Penny Black. The background was chalked, blue sky green grass ,,,,. The frame border was made by cutting wonky bits of card and cuttlebuggin em. The fence is a border die from x cut impress.
Thanks for looking, i appreciate your comments :-)
Lorraine

3 challenge's in 1 card :-)

I followed the Papertake weekly sketch by Dawny, fabulous sketch eh !!The Daring Cardmaker Challenge is to make an oriental card but we're not allowed to use red/black. I chose the colours to fit in with the Colour Create Challenge too which is Peach/Aqua
The main fan image is by Judikins, as is the bamboo on the L side of the card. The Bamboo on the R side, the aqua papers and the brad in the flower centre are from papernania.The sparkly corners were fun to do, they're double sided sticky tape shapes by papermania which you just sprinkle with glitter or fun flock. The asian text is by Hero Arts
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments :-)
Lorraine x

Joanne has this fabby blog candy to celebrate 10,000 hits :-)
Good Luck everyone :-)
Lorraine

Stamp with Stampovie

This is the 1st time I am using this new stamp, it wasn't untl I started colouring that I realised it's a christmas stamp :-) My sister's birthday is Christmas eve so her's is ready :-). I've also had the home accents cartridge for ages and didn't notice this fab corner !! I need new glasses :-) The flowers were cut out on my cricut too.
Thanks for looking, I appreciate you comments so please leave me one before you hop off :-)
Lorraine

Whiff of Joy Project of the Month Challenge

I sort of got carried away with this ! The theme for this month is Valentine gifts. Well who better to make a surprise gift for than my lovely husband :-)He definately won't be expecting this ha ha ha !! Sarah's probably choking on her coffee if she reads this :-)
It started as a little notebook for him to write lovely poetry for me !! ( my tongue is firmly in my cheek here ):-) It will probably get used for shopping lists ,,,,,. Then I thought about a gift tag, but for what ?? he doesn't have any hobbies like us girlies, so champagne it is ;-) Then I thought choccy's go with champagne so i made a little heart shaped gift bag to put some quality street in, I did think about getting roses chocolates but quality street re made for sharing :-) The card I made for a previous challenge but it completes the set :-)
All the stamps are from the whiff of joy online shop
Thanks for looking, your comments are really appreciated :-)
Lorraine x

Kes has had a fabulous idea and has written to Noel Edmonds with a fund raising idea, go to her blog for more details.

ABC and Secret Crafter Challenges

I made this card following a sketch by Beth on the Penny Black Saturday Challenge from the 6 th December !!
The ABC Challenge is Zzzzz, sleeping :-) The Secret Crafter challenge is recycling. As it's a resolution to make a few x mas cards now and again I thought I could take a christmas card I received from my brother to bits !! The white ribbon and the sparkly santa hat were on that card. ( a charity card from Waitrose )
I didn't intend it to be quite so red/white/blue !! It reminds me of the Queen's silver jubilee, I think I might be showing my age a bit here !!!! hmmm
Anyway , this is my brother's card ready for next christmas :-)

Thanks for looking and I appreciate your comments :-)
Ok am off blog hoppin now, have a look at what you've all been up to today :-)
Lorraine

Tilda and Friends ATC Challenge

This week the theme for the Tilda and friends ATC challenge is 'warm wishes' I think this is OK, Tilda enjoying the warm sunshine :-)
p.s after seeing this on my blog she looks a bit like she's on a magic carpet !! ha ha The background is chalked with blue sky and green grass but it doesn't show up very well in the photo, just use your imagination :-)

Thanks for looking, your comments are appreciated so please leave me one
Thanks
Lorraine

Friday Sketchers and Penny Black Saturday challenge

I don't know why but I always think these 2 challenge's go well together !! The Friday sketch challenge is to use this sketch , obviously ! The PB Saturday challenge theme is 'Romance'. The PB stamp is getting another inking !! It's only a few days since I last used it but as I have very few 'romantic' stamps I don't have much choice really !! As red is the colour of love I went with that, not very original is it but ,,,,, well I like it :-)I have delicately coloured the flower in light pink near to the centre but it doesn't show up on the photo, it's not just white in real life !!
The love text I made using vellum and gold emboss, and the music is the same using black card, both of these stamps are PB too.
Thanks for looking and your comments are always appreciated :-)
Right am off blog hoppin now :-)

Lorraine x

Sketch Saturday and Cute Card Thursday Challenge's

It's my nephew's 10th b'day on Friday so I made this for him. He's quite musical, well, he's learning to play the guitar but i don't have a guitar playing dog so this'll have to do !!
I followed the sketch on the Sketch saturday challenge and the theme on CCT is metallica, so I cuttlebugged some metal, I think it works really well with the silver trombone :-)
The stamp is PB and the sentiment is a download from Funky fairy's.
Thanks for looking, I appreciate all your comments so please leave me one before you hop off :-)
Lorraine x