Lorraine's Loft

Friday, October 7, 2016

October Card Kit 'Nutty Over You'

When we returned from our trip to India I found a fabulous Simon says Stamp October Card Kit waiting for me, such a lovely parcel to come home to ;-)

I love the 'Nutty Over You' stamp set in this one, so cute, and the papers and little acorn stickers are adorable! the kit also included 2 ink pads which I used for the stamped edge detail, lovely colours aren't they!

I wanted the squirrels to be european red so I used a MISTI tool and a combination of brown and red ink pads to get the colour I needed. The tool is perfect for precision stamping, even though they are clear stamps I can never align them up properly, I have wonky eyes ;-)

It's no surprise that this kit has totally sold out but you can still buy the individual elements if you like :-)

It really does pay to subscribe for the kits, go on, sign up, because you're worth it ;-)

Challenges:
The Sisterhood Of Crafters Fall Harvest
Crafting With an Attitude Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs Anything Goes

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Hope you all have a great week :-)
Happy Crafting
Luv Lols x x x

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Simon Says: Halloween Inspiration

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the Anything Goes Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is

HALLOWEEN INSPIRATION

the lovely Jenn Shurkus has made us this fabulous Inspiration Board to use. We don't necessarily have to make a Halloween creation, we can use the board however we like

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

I used a super cute Critter Costume Party Stamp And Die Set from the latest STAMPtember® release a Not So Spooky Stamp Set and a Stitched Pumpkins Die.

I particularly love the dark colours on the inspiration board and of course the cat ;-)

I need to buy some candy for the little treat bag, I did have some but they mysteriously disappeared! ;-)

Isn't this little critter adorable :-) there are 6 of them on the stamp set and it is difficult to choose just one so it was a case of eeny meeny miny mo' ;-)

I have got into the good habit of finishing the inside of the cards, it only takes a couple of extra minutes and I think it does make the card a little bit extra special :-)