Stamp With Us Challenge #1

I've just made this card following the sketch on the brand new Stamp With Us Challenge blog. I have recently bought some SU papers and stamps and have to say they are all lovely, and excellent quality :-)
Am not sure about the names of anything without looking in the book, and it's late and to be honest I can't be bothered at the moment but if anyone wants to know just leave a comment and I'll get back to ya !! :-)
Think thats all for now, have had loads of stuff to post today !! Definitely my record !! and I managed to push hoover round n chuck bleach down loo !! :-)

Thanks for looking, please leave a comment so I know you've been, I really do appreciate it :-)

Don't forget to ( in no specific order )
1 Enter the Simon Says Challenge
2 Enter the Funky Fairy's Challenge
3 Enter my blog candy

Happy Easter to everyone :-) my cadbury's cream eggs're in the fridge ready for breakfast :-)
Lorraine x x

Peek -A-Boo !!

Look Out She's Behind You !! :-)

I made this card to enter the Daisy and Dandelion Challenge, they have this lovely easy sketch to follow, I like em not too diffy & complicated !! The theme on the Daring Cardmakers Challenge is 'Hide and Seek' so little Onion is hiding behind Pickle :-)
I used SU paper, I do love the quality of this, it's gorgeous ! The white shimmery card is gemstones by coredinations.
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Before you leave be sure to add your name to my blog candy too :-)

Lorraine x x

A Gift From Simon Says Stamp :-)

Inside view






Yesterday I received a lovely set of Simon Says Clear Stamps 'A Wise Owl Once Said' exclusives as a gift from Heidi, Thanks so much Heidi x

I made the card following Dawny's fab sketch on the Papertake Weekly Challenge, I also decorated the inside so it qualifies for the ABC challenge :-) The branch is a stamp by Penny Black, I used stamping up paper and green/brown cardstock. The ribbon was also a gift fron Heidi, it matched the card perfectly I thought, I downloaded the card folder template from The Cutting Cafe'
and made 6 small notelet cards to put in it, I adjusted the sizes to fit :-)

The pen holder was made using an empty coffee whitener container, the text at the top was in the set of clear stamps, around the bottom I stamped 'put the tops back on' Sue made me think of that cos she bought a new stazon pad and left the lid off overnight !! :-)

Think thats all ! Thanks for looking, your comments are appreciated so please leave me one :-)
Also don't forget to enter my blog candy before you leave :-)
Thanks
Lorraine x

Dare U to Digi Stamp Challenge

I only just found this Dare U To Digi challenge on Emma's blog, I was just about to go to bed ! It's midnight here. Anyway as I am on 2 DT's for Digi downloads I just had to enter and I think this weeks challenge closes tomorrow !!! They have a sketch to follow which is a lovely easy one !! Perfect for me !! :-)
I used a Digi download from the Digital Stamp Oasis
This one is called Susie Squirrel in the rain, isn't she lovely :-)I coloured her with copics, 3D'd the flower and added stickles. The Paper is a download from Funky Fairy Papercrafts . I used a little coredinations which I cuttlebugged with the swirls folder and sanded, the ribbon is from my messy drawer and the fabulous prim flower arrived today from the Simon Says Stamp store :-)

Ellie from the Digital Stamp Oasis is looking for people to be on her Challenge DT, go to her blog for further info :-)
Thanks for looking, your comments are appreciated so please leave me one and before you hop away you COULD enter my blog candy :-))

Lorraine x x

FABBY NEWS !! :-)

Hi everyone, guess who's been asked to be a GD on the Lili Of the Valley Challenge Blog :-) Claire and MEEEEE !!! YAY :-)
Thanks Hazel for giving me the heads up !!! :-)) I hadn't seen it, I've been busy making cards, in between violent hay fever sneezing !! Prob won't sell these ha ha ughughugh. I'll take photo's tomorrow, still have a few finishing touches to make and have to let the sneezy stuff dry !! :-) ( only kiddin !! )


OK am coming to visit you all and see what you've been up to today :-)

Lorraine x x x

Truly Scrumptious and Bee Crafty Challenges

I made this card following the sketch on the 'Truly Scrumptious Challenge' The image is a new digi download from Bee Crafty who have just started their 1st competition and are offering this free download + another one if you add their banner to your blog :-)
I used a paper download from Funky Fairy's Papercrafts, some gemstones peachy card from cordinations and a little swiss dotted blue coredinations. I coloured the image with copics and paperpieced her dress, well, I had to do that cos I coloured it with prismapencils and made a right mess, need better card !!! ( that's my excuse and am stickin to it !! ) :-) I 3D'd the bag after glittering.The flowers were punched and a doodlebug brad added to centres. The ribbon is papermania.

Thanks for looking, your comments are appreciated so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x x

Funky Fairy's Challenge 11#

The theme this week on the Funky Fairy Challenge is 'Dare to be Square'. Well when I heard this I was thinking 'outside the box' and square pegs round holes :-)
I have had this paper mache box in my drawer for 3 years so thought it was about time I did something with it. I go to night school to do mosaic so I had the idea to do a faux mosaic effect on this. I painted the box grey as I love to use grey grouting on the real thing ! I then printed some 'Cherish' papers in 3 colours from Funky Fairy Papercrafts, cut these into 2cm squares and stuck them on the top and around the base. The swirly scrolls were cut on my cricut. I then sprayed everything with a clear mat varnish to seal it all :-)
I used red cardstock for the base card and didn't want to cover too much of that up so I used a little of the the clock design paper from the same 'Cherish' set and a swirly scroll. I coloured barefoot Tilda with copics and dabbed a lovely shimmery light blue sky and green at the bottom but it doesn't show on the photo, in real life it looks lovely, honest !! I used a nestie to cut the image circle and cut the larger green circle using a fiskars circle cutter to make it slightly larger, it matched the clocks better than a scalloped one I thought !!
The sentiment was printed on the comp and stuck in a SU hardware thing!

Thanks for looking, I hope you join in the Funky Fairy Challenge this week, there is a prize of a download set from Funky Fairy Papercrafts on offer so what're you waiting for :-)

There are some lovely free paper downloads on the Blog of Inspiration
Also Shaz has added 2 more fabulous sets to the shop, Gorjuss Ginghams and Just Hanging Around both of them are absolutely gorgeous, if you click on the link it will take you straight to them :-)

I also have some blog candy to celebrate 10,000 hits ( almost !) and my good luck in all things crafty :-) so please enter, I haven't given you too many hoops to jump through ha ha !!

Lorraine x x x

Amy Came 1st in Art !! :-)

Hi all, as some of you may remember Amy's caricatures I thought I'd let you know that she came 1st in her final school Art exam ( she still has to do the national one) and got full marks for her portfolio which is the national exam one. She is over the moon about it and is grinning from ear to ear, even with her new braces !!! ha ha
She is now planning to come to a study art at a UK uni when she's 18 so I may be calling on all you bloggy mates to keep an eye on her for me !!!!!

Lorraine x x

Stair Step Fold Card

I saw a stair step fold card on the SCS site at Christmas and have been thinking I should have a go at making one and never got around to it ! So the Cupcake Craft Challenge has spurred me on :-)The theme for this week is multi folds, so you have to make more than 2 folds on your card. This card also qualifies for the House Mouse Monday Challenge whose theme is 'something sweet'. The Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge is 'How Old !!' and the ABC Challenge which is 'Hearts' :-)

I used a Funky Fairy's Papercrafts 'Feeling Fruity'download paper. The HM stamps were a little big so I tried using shrink plastic but that didn't look nice, the colours were too dark, so I stamped them onto paper, scanned them and shrunk the images ! I had never thought of doing that before but it worked :-)
I cut out the 'celebrate' and numbers on my cricut. The 'happy birthday' text was from the Clare Curd sentiment set and the 'to you' was from a Simon Says Stamp exclusive cupcake set
I just added some crystal stickles here and there and it was done :-)

For those of you who don't know how to make a stair fold card the measurements are :-
Cut a piece of card 5" X 10.5"
score lines at 1.25", 2.5",4.25",6" & 8.25"
just fold along the score lines to make mountain and valley folds ( think that's what they're called.)

Thanks for looking, your comments are appreciated so please leave me one :-)
p.s Don't forget to join my blog candy and join in the Funky Fairy's Challenge and the Simon Says Challenge :-)

Lorraine x x

Evie's frame !! :-)

Ok I made another frame today for Evie :-) The 'Ellie' one is going to a good home :-) It isn't exactly the same, I used barefoot Tilda for this one :-)
I made this so that it would enter The Pink Elephant Challenge They ask for us to use rubber stamps, punches and embossing I used a cat punch and star punch on this, the Tilda is a rubber stamp, I used brown pigment ink and embossed with sparkle EP. I am not sure if this was the type of embossing the pink elephant wanted as all the DT used embossing folders so if it's wrong just scrub me off :-)I stamped the image twice and 3D'd it, I also made her some vellum wings so that she can fly :-) The paper is papermania, the frame is a chipboard one by woodware.
The letters and balloon were cut out on my cricut.
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x

Milly's Birthday Card :-)

I have been meaning to enter a Pollycraft Challenge for ages, ever since I bought this and another fab image a few weeks ago :-)
The theme this week is 'Downloadables' This image is 'Birthday Milly' I coloured her with copics.and added loads of glitter :-) The striped paper has been on my shelf for at least 2 years and have no idea who's it is ! I added blue liquid pearls on all the dots that were already printed there. The pink paper is stardream and I used some cordinations that I cuttlebugged using my swiss dots folder. The sentiment was printed on me comp from a download too. I know this card looks a bit plain, I did toy with the idea of adding flowers and a ribbon but I actually like the uncluttered look of this so I decided to just leave it as is :-)
I followed this fab sketch on the Friday Sketchers Challenge
This card also qualifies for the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge which is 'Stripes' and I am also entering the Colour Create Challenge too, the theme is 'Duck egg blue and Rose' I realise my colours might not be exact but they're as near as I could get them with my supplies. If it's not OK then just scribble my name off :-)

Thanks for looking, your comments are appreciated so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge

I made this for the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge who's theme is 'New Beginings' My niece has just had a baby girl called 'Evie' so why did I make a frame for 'Ellie' ????? Hmmm cos I didn't realise till Amy asked 'Who's Ellie ' !!! :-) ha ha
I bought the chipboard frame ages ago and it was just in a drawer waiting for a day when I would use it :-) After seeing DT Nikki's frame I knew I had to use this, thanks Nikki x
I covered it with papermania paper, to match the photo album I had already made for 'Evie'!!The stamp is called 'Squeak' (I think) from the Daisy and Dandelion range at Do Crafts. The name and balloon were cut using my cricut, I added stickles crystal glue everywhere!!
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x
p.s luckily I have another one of these frames so will do another one for tomorrow for Evie :-)

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge

There's a new challenge blog started today called the Scraptacular Sunday Challenge They are having a day of various challenges. I made this card following the recipe of
ribbon, 2 different pattern papers, sentiment and at least one flower, well I think I ticked all the boxes :-)
The image is a Digital Stamp Oasis download called Susie Squirrel loves Dandelions, or in this case flower soft :-) The background paper is a download from Funky Fairy's Papercrafts
called 'It's so Distressing', the butterfly paper is from Crafty Individuals.
I coloured the image using copics , I 3D'd the flowers then sprinkled them with flowersoft, which is available in the Simon Says Stamp store. The text ia from the Clare Curd Sentiment set and the metal text and flower are from Papermania.

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x

Rebecca Rabbit the Painter

I made this card following the lovely but rather complicated sketch by Lim on the Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge :-)It also qualifies for the Stamp Something and Lily of the Valley challenges which are both 'Easter'. The theme on Cute Card Thursday is Citrus and last but not least the new Alphabet Challenge is into it's 2nd week and the theme is 'B'

I am also entering this for the Simon says Challenge who's theme is Yellow and Green and they have a fab prize of a gift voucher, so hoping I might win that :-)
Only joking, am not allowed to enter :-(

The main image is Rebecca Rabbit the Painter which is available as a digi download from the Digital Stamp Oasis I coloured her with copics, added glitter and 3D'd her :-) The papers are all Funky Fairy Papercrafts , I also used white and yellow card and some magenta mesh.The sugared brads are from Papermania.I didn't add 3 embellies at the top, the printed flowers are there instead, The 'Happy Easter' was printed on me comp :-)
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments sp please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x x

One Stop Craft Challenge

I made this for the One Stop Craft Challenge The theme is 'Bling' Well I don't think I've ever seen a stamp with more bling than this House Mouse Beading Basics :-) I bought this stamp a long time ago from the simonsaysstamp.com website and rarely used it cos I thought it was too hard to colour, but now I have copics !! yay its easy now !!
The papers are downloads from the Funky Fairy's Papercrafts website I love these papers, and did even before I was on the DT :-) just in case you thought I was being biased :-) I used a few pearl black flat backed pearls from papermania. The hat pin took me ages to make, I've never made one before and hadn't a clue how to do it, still don't so don't look too closely :-)

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x x
Am coming to see if you've made a card for the Funky Fairy's Challenge and Simon Says Challenges,also Ellie from the Digital Stamp Oasis has some fabulous blog candy on offer, go to her blog for more details, there's only a couple of days left to enter :-) come on girls there are fabby prizes on both of them :-)

Cupcake Crafts Challenge

I made this card following the fabulous sketch on the Cupcake Craft Challenge

I used my new House Mouse stamp, 'Confetti Rain', the papers are Basic Grey sugared, I also used some coredinations black magic card that I cuttlebugged with the swiss dots folder. The image was coloured with copics, the text is from the Simon Says Clear Stamps DREAM PARIS ROME NEW YORK Exclusive set. The flowers were made from punched card, there's a fabulous tutorial on Poppet's blog, you ll have to scroll back a few pages tho !! :-)
Everyhing I used on this card is available from simonsaysstamp.com except the ribbon, thats from my messy drawer :-)

Thanks for looking, your comments are appreciated so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x

A Fabby Gift :-)

Ooh look what the postie brought me this morning :-) A fabulous card and pressie from Anesha Thank you so much x x x Am absolutely thrilled with them :-)
Lorraine x x x x x

I have just come across a blog that I think you should visit. Poppy makes beautiful cards and she only has 5 followers !! get yourselves over ther to show your support, she really does make fabby creations :-)
Lorraine x

Funky Fairy's Challenge : 1st DT card :-)

Hi everyone, would you believe it I had a power cut this morning just as I was in the middle of posting this ! I had just launched the Simon Says Challenge blog and then puff, out went the lights !!

Anyway, these are my 1st cretions as a fully fledged Funky Fairy :-) I have been wearing Amy's carnival wings all week ha ha ( might show y'all a piccy later ha ha). The theme this week is GREEN
I used the Dots are Distressing and It's so Distressing papers that I downloaded quite a while ago and have used them over and over again, I love em. They are available to download fron the Funky Fairy Papercrafts online store.

I also used a download from the Digital Stamp Oasis online store for the card's main image. The image on the post it note holder is from the Daisy and Dandelion do crafts set.
I inked all the edges with distressed ink, I used a little bit of ribbon from my messy draw and a few green flat backed pearls from papermania. The sentiment is also from the Digital Stamp Oasis, I used a SU hardware thing ( what're they called ) and used SU brads to fix.

I am offering the post it note holder and a Parker pen to an entrant into the challenge, so if you would like it you have to enter ! To be in with a chance of winning the Funky Fairy Challenge you cannot link it with other challenges tho !

Today is also the day my time as a DT for the Digital Stamp Oasis officially starts :-) Though I have been using the gorgeous images for a few days now, i just love em :-)

Thanks for looking and I really appreciate your comments, so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x x
p.s the DT have made some fabulous creations, be sure you hop along to see them :-)

Simon Says 1st Challenge :-)

This is my card for the 1st ever Simon Says Challenge
:-) I am so excited about this new challenge and hope you will all join in the fun :-) Heidi and Jason the owners of simonsaysstamp.com have offered a very generous prize to one lucky entrant in the challenge so hop on over there for more details :-)
The theme for our 1st week is Yellow and Green, Heidi's favourite colours.
I used the Simon Says Clear Stamps Dream PARIS ROME NEW YORK Exclusive set.
I followed the sketch on the Sketch Saturday Challenge for this card, they have a lovely prize on offer too this week :-)
I the basic grey sugared papers I used were a gift from Heidi :-) Thanks darlin :-) They worked perfectly with the sketch as there were lots of circles and the flowers did the job perfectly, I just added a few amber coloured gems to a few of them :-) The image and Paris text were stamped using Brilliance black ink, no colouring !! easy !! :-) I used a Tim Holtz grungeboard die cut shape. I wanted to use the words 'Springtime in' on this but didn't want to write it myself and make a mess of it so I printed it on the computer !! I didn't think it would work actually and was a bit worried it would get stuck but it didn't !! the ink smudged a bit though but that was brill !! it distressed itself to match the Eiffel Tower image yay !! I distressed it even further with Tim Holtz distress ink pad I used the shabby shutters one. The brads are doodlebug sugared ones and the circles were cut out using my nestabilities.
Everything I used on this card are available in the Simon Says Stamp store :-)
Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x x
p.s please hop over to the rest of the DT and see their fabulous creations, thanks x