Easter Card

I followed the Friday Sketch Challenge for this card. I also used the colours on the Colour Create Challenge which are orange/yellow/green. It also qualifies for the ABC Challenge which is'E' for 'Easter'.
I used Penny Black stamps 'Butterflies and Ewe'and Butterfly edge. The dot butterfly stamp is by Hero Arts. the yellow and orange papers are a download from Funky Fairy's, the other papers are SU.
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x

Cute Card Thursday Challenge

The Cute Card Thursday Challenge is celebrating its 1st birthday and we are asked to make a celebration card following Katharina's fab sketch.
I used a Whiff of Joy cake stamp,the sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts. I also used my new SU paper and scallop punch. The tagss were cut out on my cricut. The flowers are papermania. The white card layers and tag were all softened with pink chalk but that doesn't show on the photo, but in reality they're nice soft pink. I also used shimmer paints, really cheap ones from 'The Works' but they're lovely !! :-)
Think thats all :-)
Thanks for looking, your comments are appreciated so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x

Happy Retirement !

I used the sketch by Michelle on the Spoonfull Of Sugar Challenge, lovely sketch :-)I am also entering this for the House Mouse Monday Challenge and the Charisma Cardz Challenge which are both asking for 'men's cards. I am also entering this for the Arty Girlz Challenge which is 'Smile', well he is smiling and looking pretty happy with himself :-), and hopefully it'll make you smile too :-)
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x

spring is here ;-)

It really is a beautiful day the sun is shining, clear blue skies, it really is showing up my dirty windows :-/ ha ha I have made this card to fit in with several challenges, well 5 actually :-)
I followed the lovely skech on the Truly Scrumptious Challenge, we are also asked to make our own buttons, I made the 3 in the centre of the flowers using shrink plastic which I coloured with pearlescent chalk. This also qualifies for the Secret Crafter Saturday challenge which is masking, and the Daring Cardmakers Challenge which is 'Patchwork'. I used the colour sceme on The Pink Elephant Challenge which is pink/green/brown. The theme on the Cupcake Challenge is 'Spring', well I think this is a 'spring' looking card :-)
Thanks for looking, I really appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x

Who's this ?? :-)

ok, last one ha ha , she only did 2 !! You all got the last one right, she was worried it looked like Hitler !!!!! Amy was very happy you all recognised him :-)

I think this one is easier :-)
Isn't this fun :-)

I didn't make anything yesterday was helping out at my local craft shop, Binky Crafts,they re expecting the new Clare Curd range amongst other things but unfortunately there's no paper !!! :-( I am a bit disappointed as it looked fabby on the cards I saw on the treasure hunt ,,,

Who's this ?? :-)

I just thought I'd post this on my blog, my daughter Amy did this last night for her art GCSE portfolio which had to be handed in this morning !! Talk about last minute scramble !!

One Stop Craft Challenge

The theme on the One Stop Craft Challenge this week is 'Sorry', we have to use the word somewhere on our craft work.
I used a 'Thinking of You' stamp by Hero Arts which I inked with antique linen distress ink, I also used this for sponging around the edges and I brayered the matting card with it too. The butterfly is slightly coloured with yellow copics and made to fly with stickles :-)
I printed the sentiment inside on the computer and used the label nesties.
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine

'Spring' !!

Cheri at the Paper freak is offering to give away some lovely papers. All you have to do is make a card :-)
The theme is 'Spring', well daffodils and bluebells always make me think of spring so I used my Penny Black daffodil stamp. I also wanted to use blue so used some coredinations which I sanded after running through the big shot in the swirls folder. The swirly yellow/white paper is a download from Funky Fairy's.
So my 4 colours are yellow, green, blue and white :-)
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine

Blog Candy Reminder !!

Just a reminder to those who enter my Blog Candy with Twist, to be eligible you must post the candy on your own blog and offer candy to 5 people too, sorry but those are the rules !! ha ha
Lorraine

Funky Fairy's Challenge ( my GD creation) :-)

This is my 2nd 'creation' as GD for the Funky Fairy's Challenge. It is already week 7 !! Ria set us a fantastic challenge this weeek and I am really looking forward to seeing what you all make, I actually made 2, one is hanging on my front door next to a 'Beware of the Cats ' sign, I didn't like it enough to send it in, so I made this one too, I've had a 'Finished in a Flash' Disney scrapbook pack for a couple of years waiting for me to make a scrapbook of when we went to Disneyland Paris, Sean was 10, he's now almost 21, Amy was 5 yrs old, she's now nearly 16 !! I used the free basic stars download which you can download here,the sentiment is the Birthday rounds download from Funky Fairy's too and a few of the embellishments from the Disney pack.
I really enjoyed making this, and of course there were too many jelly beans to fit in the bag so I had to dispose of them somehow ,,,,,,yum :-)
Go and see what the DT made too, I've just seen Ria's, its lovely, am going to see everyone elses too now. This is a challenge, !! so challenge yourself and join in !! :-)
I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Thanks
Lorraine
p.s I have really enjoyed being guest designer, thank you for asking me :-)

Blog Candy With a Twist ( candy full, sorry peeps )

I was just hopping over to Jennifer's blog and found this fab blog candy idea :-)Hazel and Jacelynn are also doing this :-)
The first 5 people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice! For you. (There is a possibility it will be a purchased item instead of homemade, or both).This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It'll be done sometime this year (I will want to get it done in the next month or so).
4. You have no clue what it's going to be.
5. The catch? Oh, the catch is you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog (then come here and post) The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a handmade gift by me. Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!
SO ...................who will be the first 5 people????

New addition to the rules, we all seem to be in agreement that the 1st person on your list should be the person who's list you are adding your name to ie, I will give candy to Jennifer too, ( my list now has 6 , so I have to make 7 items as I want one too !! ) :-)

1. Jennifer
2.Hazel
3.Dorothy
4.Jacylynn
5.Cathy
6Anna
If you see your name on the top 5 please email me your address so I can get your candy out!

Now don't you think this is a fabby idea :-)

Lorraine x

Magnolia V Stampovie Challenge

I followed Carla's sketch on the Magnolia Vs Stampovie. This is my 2nd attempt at colouring with my new copics, I must say I do like them ! I used my new Tilda with apple pie, isn't she lovely :-) The papers are papermania, the flowers are hero arts and the brad is SU.
Thanks for looking,I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x

Loads of challenges in 1 !! :-)

This card qualifies for several challenges :-) I would love to be able to do one card per challenge but with all the fabulous challenges out there it would be impossible !! So,,,, I followed the sketch on the Sketch Saturday challenge, I also followed the theme on the Penny Black Saturday Challene which is a recipe of 3 brads, 2 ribbons and 1 flower,The Stamp Something Challenge is to use your favourite things for inspiration, well having 7 cats sort of qualifies me to use this stamp ! The Cute Card Thursday Challenge is wine and dine, well champagne is wine !! The ABC Challenge is distressing, well that speaks for itself, and the Spoonfull odf Sugar challenge is torn edges :-) How many is that ?? err I think it's 6 !!! Yeah !! I've never done that before :-)
The stamp is Penny Black 'Lovely Bubbly' The DP is from my shelf ?? I coloured the image with my new copic pens which arrived today:-) I am fairly pleased with the colouring but need to practice a bit with them and also think I need more skin tones especially. I bought the 72 A set from Cult Pens. I also received a lovely parcel of SU stuff, it was like my birthday today, postie was laden with parcels :-) I coloured the flowers (SU) with antique linen ink, and also used this to distress all the torn and scuffed edges. The brads and text thing were from the SU hodgepodge hardware set. What else ,,,, oh yes I also used a bit of coredinations black/grey which I distressed with sandpaper :-) Think thats it :-)
I would appreciate any advice re copics !
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one before you hop away :-)
Lorraine x x
I have actually had a busy crafting day, I am making some things for the blog candy I have commited myself to doing !! All good fun :-) I think mine is full now but Hazel has some spaces left on her candy, why not hop there and join in, it really is a nice and friendly thing to do :-)
Off blog hopping now to see what you've all been doing today :-)

3 challenge's in 1 card :-)

I made this card following the lovely sketch by Mumur de France on the Friday Sketcher's Challenge. I lso followed the theme on the Whiff of Joy Monday Challenge which is 'Lavendar and Lace' It also qualifies for the Pink Elephant Challenge which is 'Ribbons and Die cuts' :-)
Instead of making a big circle in the background I decided to use my cricut to cut a big flower out of flowery vellum, which I then stuck onto the same flower which I cut out of white paper so it would show up a little bit better. I should have stuck the vellum to the white paper with my xyron before cutting the flower !! will do next time !!!
The image is one of my new spring WOJ collection which I masked and then used the flowery stamp to create a garden, I used a WOJ butterfly stamp too, I added vellum wings and stickles so it could fly :-)
The swirly corners and grassy weeds in the foreground was also cut out on the cricut.
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments :-)
Lorraine x

Just Christmas and Birthday Challenge

I made this card for the Just Christmas and Birthday challenge, I promised myself that I would make a few xmas cards before December !! This is my 2nd !! I followed the sketch for the challenge but I must admit this is one of my least favourite cards that I have made !! Am not sure what I don't like about it, I just don't like anything !!

You don't have to bother leaving a comment !! ha ha
Lorraine

Sketch Saturday and House Mouse Monday Challenges

I followed the sketch on the Sketch Saturday Challenge and the theme this week on the House Mouse an friends Monday Challenge is to use chipboard on our creations :-)
I love this HM stamp, 'Confetti Rain', I needed to make a 'get well soon' card for a friend who is having an operation today and thought this stamp is perfect, she loves mice and her favourite colour is purple :-)
The DP is by HOTP, Sarapapers, I also used a little bit of coredinations which I ran through my big shot in the swiss dot folder, the gems are Papermania iridescent diamonds :-) The text is printed on the computer and the chipboard label holder is Tim Holtz grungeboard, I hope this counts as chipboard,if not just slap me wrists !! :-)
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine

Funky Fairy's Challenge ( my GD creations) :-)

Ria asked us all to make 'Something Blue' for this weeks Funky Fairy's Challenge
I decided to go with the 'Little Boy Blue' look and use my new Whiff of Joy stamps. He does look quite down in the dumps eh !! Probably thinking about all those books he has to get through !!
I used the 'Its So Distressing ' vol 3 and also used the 'Dots are Distressing' and the Birthday circles downloads too.
I used plain dark blue card for the base card and layering and also a little bit of coredinations and used the swiss dots folder and sanded. The eyelets and ribbon are papermania.

There are 2 fabulous prizes on offer this week, Emma has made an amazing clock using Funky Fairy's Download paper ( does this mean I am exempted from being in with a chance to win this ?? !!!) it is fabulous, and the other prize is a free download from Funky Fairy's so go over to the challenge blog and take a look and enter the challenge :-) ( leave me a comment 1st tho !! ) :-)
I would like to thank Ria for choosing me to be her Guest Designer too :-) I am absolutely thrilled :-)

Thanks for looking I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine
I have to apologise to whoever left me a comment on an earlier post, it posted by mistake and I deleted it before reading the comment !!! oops , am very sorry :-(

Cupcake Craft and Our Creative Corner Challenges

The theme this week on The Cupcake Craft Challenge is 'Inspiration' We are asked to create a card with the beautiful photo as our inspiration :-) I have tried to keep the colour scheme similar, warm yellows and cream.I also sort of followed shapes, the girl is a vase of flowers and the eggs are lemons :-) I followed the lovely sketch on Our Creative Corner Challenge.

I used a 2 of the stamps in the new Whiff of Joy spring collection, it's the 1st time I've inked them and think they're gorgeous :-) The papers are papermania and cordinations which have been cuttle bugged and sanded. The flower is made of various bits and the text was printed on the computer.
Also there is a DT call on the Cupcake Challenge so I am entering this :-)
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x
OK now off blog hopping, see you all soon :-)

Sketch and Stash Challenge

I followed the lovely sketch on the Sketch and Stash Challenge. I loved making this card it is for a very special girls birthday :-) Don't want to give too much away here, you never know who reads yer blog !! I have never used a download image, so this is a new thing for me. I bought the download from Pollycraft, she's called Birthday Milly, isn't she lovely :-)
The papers are papermania, the felt buttons are by hero arts and the ribbons are from my messy ribbon drawer :-)
I would also like to wish the new GD, Alison all the best :-) Go and see her fabby rabbit card, it's gorgeous !

Thanks for looking, I really appreciate your comments so please leave me one
Lorraine x x

Oh What A Night !!!!

Yesterday I was terrible with severe hayfever, so I took a pill, nothing happened , still sneezy n drippy ughugh . So I took another one !, still no cure soooo against hubby's advice I changed type of pill and found a stronger one and it worked wonders washed down with a glass ( maybe 2 ) of red !! Fabby !! sneezes n drips stopped.
Went to bed at about midnight and could not sleep, not a wink !! These pills have stuff in them to stop the antihistamine making you drowsy and stop you falling asleep !!!
note to self , must listen to hubby's advice !! ha ha ha
Feel as though I've just done a night shift !!!
OK, will hop around all your blogs to see what you've been doin :-)
Lorraine x