Magnolia V Stampovie Challenge

Hi, I made this Birthdays Book for the Magnolia V Stampovie Challenge
Do you ever have those days when nothing you do 'looks' right, well today I spent ages doing this, changing this n that along the way. In the end I think it looks OK. I have been meaning to make a birthdays book for ages and this challenge spurred me on :-) I used the measurements from the Jan Craft Stamper Mag, there's a fabulous album in there designed by Cath Wilson, which I am going to copy ,,,,,:-)
As you can see I used the Tilda with magnolia's ,,, again, (love this stamp) I also used my fave hero arts stamp the fantasy tree, the small flowers are part of the set my mum bought for me the 'stamps happen' one.
Only 11 months left to do !! I intend to put a shrinked Tilda on every page, will post the rest later ,,,,,might add ribbons to the rings too, not sure about that though ! What do you think ??
Thanks for looking and I REALLY appreciate your comments :-)
Lorraine

3 in 1 Card !

Hi, I made this card to qualify for 3 challenges, I know it's naughty, you can slap my wrist !! :-) I used the Cupcake Craft Challenge sketch, I used 'violet' for the ABC challenge, and for the Cute Card Thursday challenge which was to use something new.
I know on the sketch there isn't a strip across the bottom, but there is a reason for that !! I made a mistake in measuring the mirri card and didn t realise until I had actually stuck the other card onto of it, so then I had to join a bit and to cover the join I put ribbon over it !!!
The Penny Black stamp is new, well actually, to be honest, I have had it a few months but it has never been inked! It's called 'rainin violets',,,,, (actually it's raining daisies!!). I used violet marvy le plume marker pen and also artquest interference violet on the 3D'd umbrella. I used diamond glaze in the ladybird and also on the umbrella handle, with a sprinkling of glitter on there too.

Hope you like my card, please leave a comment if you do, and even if you don't, you can be brutally honest :-)

2 in 1 challenge

Hi, I made this card to qualify for 2 challenge's, well there are so many lovely ones and I want to enter them all ,,,,,, :-) I used the Friday Sketchers Sketch and I used 2 shades of blue for the Our Creative Corner challenge.
The DP is by HOTP, I also used blue cordinations card , which I love, especially when used with embossing folders and sandpaper :-) The image is by Penny Black,'It's Your Day', the text is also PB. I used artquest paint for the shimmery look, and loads of pearlised gems :-)
Hope you like it, thanks for looking.
I appreciate all your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine

ACT's available to swap :-)

Hi, If anyone would like to swap just leave a comment saying which one you would like :-)
Thanks
Lorraine

Penny Black Challenge

Hi, I made this card for the penny black challenge which was to use pink/brown combo. The papers ribbon and eyelets are by papermania, the image is Penny Black sharing spring.It doesn't show on the photo but I 3D'd the rabbits and the butterfly, which I coloured with H2O's.
Thanks for looking, please leave me a comment, thanks I really appreciate them x

Bee Happy Sketch Saturday ;s Here

I just received this fabby ribbon in the post from my mum so I had to use this in the Sketch Saturday Challenge.The pawprint paper is by doodlebug designs, the stamp is Penny Black beehave, the bone word stamp is also PB, the paw stamp is Magenta.
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments :-)
Lorraine

Arty Girlz Challenge

Well, this challenge motivated me to get started with making a scrapbook album of our trip to Venice in September. The paper I used to cover it is a hand marbled paper that is made in Venice, the masks I made using shrink plastic and 3D gloss
The hinges are made using grungeboard and the closure is from bind it all, the wording was cut out using my cricut. The inside photo is my husband , Ray opening the door to our B&B, which was a few meters away from the Ponte del Rialto.
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments :-)
Lorraine

Charisma Cardz Challenge

Hi, I made this card for the Charisma Cardz Challenge. This is their 1st challenge and I would like to wish them the very best of luck with this new challenge :-)
The theme was 'pink'!!! Although pink is not my fave colour I did enjoy making this :-)
Thanks for looking, I appreciate any comments :-)
Lorraine

A Gift from Binky Crafts :-)

Hi, I am sooo happy. Nina and Tony , the owners of Binky Crafts, my local craft store, gave me a fabulous surprise gift today. Just before Christmas I helped them out for a day in their shop while they went to Malta Christmas shopping, and they got me a fabby stack of 12x12 storage shelves :-) How fabby is that !!!!! I am going to put them together and put my papers in and take a photo which I'll post tomorrow.
Photo added Friday :-)
A BIG thankyou Nina and Tony x

Tilda and friends ATC challenge

First of all I wish to congratulate Anesha on becoming a guest designer :-)
I just bought this Tilda with magnolias and think she s gorgeous, as they all are !!
Thanks for looking, I appreciate all your comments x
Lorraine

White Wedding

Hi, I made this for the cuttlebug challenge which was to make a 'white' card, Well 'White Wedding' sprung to mind so I just went with it !! I used my new cuttlebug embossing folders, so this also qualifies for Cute Card Thursday, which was to use something new.I tried to keep this as white as possible and only used a little pink and green twinkling H2O's where necessary. As luck would have it the word 'Love' just happened to be in the bottom R corner so I added a little pink glitter to highlight that, and while I had the glitter handy I sprinkled a bit on the little buds on the small strips. I know this doesn t qualify for the Whiff of joy Challenge , but I used their sketch for this cos I liked it :-)
Thanks for looking, PLEASE PLEASE leave me a comment :-) x

Art Creation Friday

Hi I saw a beautiful card for this challenge on Joyful Stamper's blog
and just loved the paper that the challenge asks you to use. Its just gorgeous eh !! Well, I thought the paper looked gothic, so I went with that theme !!! Think I must be in a goth phase !!
The goth stamps are by Stampotique and the 'tree' is Hero Arts, fantasy tree.
Hope you like this card, I appreciate your comments :-)
Lorraine

Magnolia V Stampovie Challenge

Hi, I made this for the Magnolia V Stampovie Challenge which was to make 'Thank You' card to this sketch, I rotated it to make mine fit !! The gorgeous backing paper was made by Jamie aka Sgt Stamper who very kindly has offered to let us all copy it :-)The base card is hammered ivory card, I also used stardream gold and ivory and hammered turguoise card.
The window stamp was one of the 1st ones I ever bought, and although you can't see them there are sheep in the fields which when I used it for the first time I coloured green thinking they were bushes ha ha ha. I was sooo proud of that card and when i showed it to my stamping teacher , Alison Harding from Hailsham, she collapsed into fits of laughter ha ha Hi Alison if you read this :-) Ooh i might still have that card, stuffed in a drawer somewhere , if I find it I'll post it and give you all a laugh :-)
Anyway, hope you like my card, and a big thanks to Jamie, who if you e mail me your address i will post it to you :-)

Cupcake Craft Challenge

I made this for the Cupcake Craft Challenge which was to use glitter,,,, Well, I tried but I couldn't get any more glitter on this :-) The stamp is a Holly Berry medallion stamp. I have made a box to match but haven't taken a photo of that, I forgot and don't feel like starting again ,,,,
Thanks for looking and I like to read your comments, even the ones that say 'rubbish' ha ha well maybe not those ,,,,

Our Creative Corner Challenge

Hi, I made this for the Our Creative Corner Challenge, which was to use this sketch. I really enjoyed making this card but I REALLY didn't feel like making something too luvvy duvvy :-). I don't think it shows up in the photo but I crumpled the cream card to make it look errr,,, crumpled !! :-) I also made the black backing paper with glimmer mists :-)
Hope you like it :-) but to be honest I like it and thats all that matters really ha ha ( only jokin, I do care REALLY ) please leave a comment I DO appreciate them :-)

I thought you might like to see a couple of photo's of my cats having dinner a few minutes ago :-) Gypsy , being small and still a bit scared of her big brothers eats alone. From L to R its Bob, Rooster, Pinut, Jezz, Tigger and Jack :-)

Craft Stamper Challenge

Hi, I made this for the craft stamper challenge which was to use this sketch. The backing paper I made using glimmer mists, its the 1st time I ve used them on such a large area and love the way it worked out, I used blue green and orange colours. The image is a PB stamp which I rarely use cos it takes alot of colouring and I tend to choose easier options usually!! The plant pots were cut out on my cricut and sponged with brown ink, what else,,,, the 'happy birthday' is a bit cut from a larger inkadinkando stamp ( think thats how you spell it !!! )Think thats all :-)
Thanks for looking and your comments are VERY appreciated so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine

1st Sketch and Stash , Papertake weekly, Stamp Something New Challenge

First of all I would like to congratulate the girls at sketch and stash for introducing a brand new challenge :-)
We were asked to make a card to a specific sketch and use 'something new'. I REALLY wanted to use my new set of clear satmps from 'Stamps Happen'. My mum bought these for me for Christmas from Charmed Crafts I apologise for altering the sketch slightly but i had to for it to fit !! sorry :-/. The dots on the red background card was made using my Judikins bollio and black stazon ink. I also used loads of glitter n liquid pearls which doesn't show up very well but they are there :-)I really like this set but next time I think i 'll use the 'other' hairdo , this was tricky to cut out !!
p.s The Papertake weekly challenge is to use spots !! This fits the bill so am entering it for that one too :-)
p.p, s I am entering it in the Stamp Something new challenge too :-)
Thanks for looking and i appreciate your comments
Lorraine x

4 Challenges in 1 :-)

Hi I have managed to enter 4 challenges with this one and I think I am in time for all of them !!! Yeah :-)
1, the Penny Black challenge which was to emboss. I used pigment ink and embossing powder and also did dry embossing with cuttlebug folders.
2, Saturday sketch challenge, I used this fab sketch by Emma. Happy Birthday Emma :-)
3, Cupcake challenge which was to make a card that reflected their blog, and I think this one does just that!!
4, Cuttlebug Challenge which was to sand the embossing, which I did ;-)