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

I just received this lovely award from Caryn. If you haven't hopped over to her blog yet then you should go now, she makes the most fabulous cards, and she has THE best blog name in blogland 'Glitter Me Silly' how fabby is that !!! Thanks so much for thinking of me Caryn :-)
I have a few awards that need to be forwarded and I absolutely promise to do a major catch up tomorrow, blame the delay on Sarah and Andrew, our friends from Leeds who've just been here on holiday, lots of eatin n drinkin !!!!!!
tomorrow ,,,,, promise :-)
Lorraine

3 challenge card

I made this card following the Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge sketch, the Funky Fairy's challenge this week is dots and ribbons,the dotty paper is a download from their website. The Cupcake Challenge is to use Plum, pale plum, pink and whisper white, well, I don't have any stamping up things but according to Marvy le Plume I've followed the requirements :-)
The main image and text are both by penny black. The flower was stamped with dots using plum ink. ooh I forgot to mention her frock, that was stamped onto the dotty card and then diamond glazed and sprinkled with black glitter :-)
Thanks for looking, your comments are appreciated so please leave me one before you hop off :-)
Lorraine x

Goth Birthday Book

I downloaded the papers from Kaboodle Doodle It's the boys mini card kit, and I just had to make this birthday book for Amy, she's a bit of a goth !! The stamps are from Stampotique and the embellies 're Tim holtz grungeboard shapes. I won't bore you by showing you all the pages, ,,,, well Ok then I haven't finished them yet :-) but I will,,,,
Thanks for looking I appreciate your comments :-)
Lorraine

3 challenge's in 1 card :-)

I made this card for the Madelynne's Twinkling Tuesday Challenge which is to make a card using Madelynn's fab sketch,I hope she doesn't mind but I put the sentiment in the kitty's paws instead of where it should be !!
I used some fabulous download papers from Kaboodle Doodles so this card fitis in with their 'love' theme too.
I made a big mistake making this card !! It was all finished but just as I was about to take a piccy I noticed a tiny bit of glitter glue just underneath the top left side hearts, soooo, I got a drop of water on a brush to gently clean it off, not thinking it would leave a bloomin great watermark !! Hence the flowers so it now qualifies for the Papertake Challenge too which is hearts and flowers :-)

I used one of my all time favourite stamps by Penny Black which is called 'cute cat'. The heart he/she's holding is from the downloads too , I went around the edge with a black embossing pen and embossed with clear powder. Then I 'filled' it up with diamond glaze and sprinkled fine glitter onto it. The hearts were cut out of core'dinations card using my cricut, cuttlebugged, sanded and plonked into position.
Thanks for looking :-) Please leave a comment before you hop off ,,,,, :-)
lorraine x

I have just received these lovely awards from Craftyanny,If you haven;t seen her blog you should just hop on over there, she does fabulous work. I really appreciate this Anny, thank you.
I'll have to pass these on tomorrow as my bed is beconning yawn !!! :-)
Goodnight all, keep warm n cosy :-)
Lorraine x

Secret Crafter Saturday challenge

The theme for this week is 'Zoo' we have to use an image of an animal we would find in a zoo. I used the very 1st stamp my daughter bought, which is a Polar bear stamp by Anita. My sort of New Year's resolution was to start making Christmas cards in Feb so I'm not still making them on xmas eve, this challenge has got me started !!
This is the 1 st time I used this snowflake folder too and I think it's lovely, will definately be using this alot. The sentiment is PB which I stamped onto shrink plastic and coloured with chalk, then shrunk. The snowflakes are punched out.
Thanks for looking, and I appreciate your comments so please leave me one before you hop off :-)
Lorraine x

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

This is the 1st time I've attempted a circular card. I only have the small circle nesties so i made a small card :-) The main image is 'picked for you' and the small hedgie is from the 'well wishers' stamp. I chose hedgie images cos they can curl themselves up intio a ball and 'roll' !! Well not really, but my DD did ask me if I had chosen hedgehogs for that reason :-)
The sentiment is from the WOJ sentiment set.

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments
Lorraine x

My 1st card as Guest Designer for the Sketch and Stash Challenge :-)

What a nerve wracking experience making a card as a Guest designer for the Sketch and Stash Challenge, not as easy as I thought, when I'd finished it I was happy with it but thought maybe I should start again ,,,,,
Anyway, there it is, I hope you like it.This fab sketch is by Becky :-) The Tilda is a new 'comfy tilda' which i bought from The Glitter Pot and new buttons by Papermania from Binky Crafts The tulip stamp is by Hampton Art and have had it forever,, the birds are hand drawn :-) The DP is from a 6x6 book of background papers by Crafty Individuals aand the purple distressed paper is a download from Funky Fairy's. I used my oval nesties,the scalloped one is made using purple core'dinations which have then been cuttlebugged with the script folder. I also used a strip of black/purple core'dinations underneath the ribbon too. The text is also new and is from the Whiff Of Joy sentiment set
Thanks for looking, your comments are very much appreciated :-)
Lorraine x

I received this award from Hazel Thanks Hazel {-)and Sue Thanks Sue :-)
What I have to do ,,,,

a) First list 10 honest things about yourself making them interesting

b) Pass this onto 7 other bloggers who you feel embody the spirit of Honest Scrap

will get onto this later as we have friends visiting and am a bit busy at d mo' :-)

I've been tagged by iRene Sue Elaine and Michelle :-)

I have to post a photo from the 6 th folder in my computer and explain it then tag 6 blogging friends :-)
well after checking this new computer the photo's re all card related and are already here so will have to go n check the older one, be back soon ,,,,,,,,,,

Whiff Of Joy Valentine Challenge

Well, I found this challenge challenging !!! Not having any valentine themed WOJ stamps except the heart I was a bit stumped but then came up with this idea :-) I didn't want it to be too girly, cos Charlie's a bloke after all, but then the pink crept in !!! anyway I think he looks quite dashing with a pink bow tie :-)The heart was stamped onto shrink plastic,coloured and shrunk :-)
The paper is by paper adventures and is called 'vintage rose ramblings' , the ribbon and heart brads are papermania. The hearts were cut out of core'dinations using my cricut and then cuttlebugged and sanded, the sentiment is WOJ too
Thanks for looking and I appreciate your comments :-)

Funky Fairy's, Charisma and Friday Sketch Challenges

I know I've already entered the Funky Fairy's challenge with my last card upload but when I saw the Charisma challenge which is to use black/white and one other colour I just had to use this free download paper and text from Funky Fairy This stamp was just 'made' for this :-)
I used the Friday Sketch, which is a fab sketch by Carole, again, this sketch was made to go with this stamp, can ya tell I love this stamp :-)
The ribbon is from Meiflower,isn't it gorgeous :-)
Thanks for looking, I REALLY appreciate your comments so please leave me one before you hop away,,,,,
Lorraine x