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 :-)

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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 !!
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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

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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 !!
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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.
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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

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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 :-)
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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.
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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 :-)

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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 :-)

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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
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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.
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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
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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 :-)

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Thanks
Lorraine