Lorraine's Loft: 02/15/16

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

We are welcoming 4 new Design Team members this week, Kath, Zoey, Cathie, and Macarena! Please give them a nice warm welcome and pop by their blogs to say 'Hi'

This week the challenge is,

RECYCLE/UPCYCLE STYLE

With the throw away society that we live in we thought we should take a look through our 'rubbish' and use something that we would normally put in the bin!

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

I like to make marmalade so throughout the year I collect jars of all shapes and sizes. I always think it's a shame to throw them in the recycle bin and prefer to re-use them whenever possible. So with that in mind I made one into a romantic candle holder.

I started by tearing a strip of tissue wrap and inked the edges with gathered twigs distress ink before adhering to the jar with multi medium matte glue.

I then inked a die cut heart parade with tarnished brass distress paint and adhered this over the top.

I wrapped some twine around the rim and added a brass tinted rose and a few gold sequins for extra glamour. Perfect for a romantic dinner setting don't you think!

and here it is all lit up :-)

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

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Challenges:
Come And Get It Love Is In The Air
Craft Your Passion Anything Goes
Crafty Boots No Stamps Allowed
Avenue 613 A/G with option of create a shaker
Eclectic Ellapu Pink Team Love Actually

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Hope you all have a great week :-)
Happy Crafting
Luv Lols x x x

Hi all :-) It's time for a new theme over on the House Mouse and Friends Challenge and this time it's the lovely Lori's turn to choose the theme

RAIN OR SHINE

I used this lovely Puddle Fun Cling Stamp to create a rainy day card.

I love yellow and grey together, perfect for a day of sunshine and showers don't ya think ;-)

I kept the whole design pretty simple. I paper pieced the umbrella with a scrap of yellow polka dot paper and added a strip of foiled paper (which I foiled using a fabulous Minc Machine) down the edge.