Cas_ual Fridays #77

Good Afternoon All.
I hope I find you well and keeping warm.To  those of you on the east coast of the USA, my thoughts are with you and I hope things improve for you very soon.

The challenge at Cas_ual Fridays this week is to make a clean and simple masculine project.

This is my take on the challenge,

Hull City, our local football (soccer) team play in Black and Amber kit so the colours are always welcome in the fundraising box. I`ve also wanted to try this technique for a while and was inspired recently by THIS 
card by Rosemary.
I used a Die-namics alphabet die on the strip of card leaving it with the negative, placed it onto another strip of card in the opposing colour with some double sided tape behind the letters. Then cut out the same letters from the opposing colour card ( positive) and placed them inside the negative. Sounds complicated when I say it but it is sooo easy peasy and the effect is amazing.
To finish off the design I stamped a football from The Stampman in Versafine Onyx and embossed in clear EP then cut it out with a nestie circle.

The sentiment is by Anitas, also stamped in versacolor and embossed.
Really enjoyed making these and I`m pleased at how they`ve turned out.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Cas_ual Fridays # 75

This is my second post today. Just scroll down for my Less is More card.

Hello Again!

I don`t often get the chance to join in at Cas_ual Fridays Challenge  but I needed two cards for girls at work who both have birthdays on the same day. The challenge this week is OFF THE EDGE so gave me just the inspiration I needed.

I seem to have a `thing` about stars and banners just lately. They are so versatile tho` so expect to see some more pretty soon ;-)
Really simple cards to make.
A6 card base using white linen card.
The stars for both cards are made using scraps of DP from Papermania and some smaller ones of silver and gold mirri card, cut out using X Cut nested stars.
The sentiments are computer generated and the fish tails are made using a corner of a square nestie.
I`ve added a few gems to finish.

I`ve been looking at the new stamps they have for sale at cas-ual fridays too and they are fab. My wish list to Santa is getting longer by the minute ;-)

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Less is More # 82

Good Afternoon All!

Well, what a week it`s been. Not a lot of crafting going on as you`ll have noticed. I`ve been doing my impression of a domestic goddess and trying to catch up on all the jobs that I keep putting off  for another day. I`m getting there, slowly, but it`s the week end and it`s ME time.
I have two massive whoo hoo`s to shout about. Not only was I showcased for the Fur and Feathers week at Simply Less is More ( thank you ladies I`m still grinning) I got a top six spot on the very first In The Pink Challenge.
My head is getting bigger by the minute ;-)

I would also like to welcome my latest follower Dagmar (Gutsport 56) thank you for choosing my little blog.

We are, at this moment, having the biggest thunder storm I`ve seen in ages. The rain is like a sheet and there`s hailstone too and the thunder is continuous. I`ve not seen lightening yet but it`s sure to be around. I`m in the loft so you can imagine the noise as the hail hits the roof. I love a good thunder storm but this is a bit too noisy for me. I shall persevere as long as I can hee hee :-)

Right, enough about me, onto this weeks challenge at Simply Less is More A nice easy one this week.
It`s a  3 2 1. Which means we are to use 3 of something, 2 of something and 1 of something else.
Here is my card,

I have used;
3 banners
2 sunflowers
1 frame
The stamp is a new to me one that I recieved in the post this week. Flourishes Sunflowers. My neighbour has some gorgeous sunflowers in her garden at the moment and it`s like continuous sunshine.
The frame is made using 2 sizes of spellbinders oval nesties. The banners are made from yellow card, cut into strips and the inverted `V` is made using the corner of a square nestie.
The sentiment is also from the same Flourishes set.

I`m also entering this card into the challenge at cas-ual fridays
which is banners or flags.

Well 2 minutes after I typed that I hadn`t seen lightening there was a huge flash and an immediate very loud crack of thunder. That was it for me. I unplugged the comp and I was down those loft ladders quick as a flash (pardon the pun). Alan was downstairs watching the footie and he said the telly flashed too which scared him a bit. I can honestly say that that is the first time in my almost 58 years that I`ve ever been scared of thunder.
Any way it`s over now and everythings ok, thank goodness.
Massive apologies for the dis- jointed and rambling post. Hopefully I`ll be a bit calmer next time.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Cas_ual Fridays # 64

Hello again, this is my second post today , please scroll down for my LiM card.

The challenge this week at Cas_ual Fridays  is to create a clean and simple project featuring things you`d see in the sky.

Here is my take on the challenge,

The blue card has a bit of sparkle in it although you can`t really see it in the pic.
Stars are cut out with a X cut nested die.
Sentiment is made up from Watzing Mouse Victorian Alphabet set stamped in clear embossing ink and embossed in Silver EP.

Enjoy the rest of your day.
Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Cas-ual Fridays # 58 Pretty in Pink

Hello All!
I hope I find you well and not suffering with this horrendous weather we`ve been having here in the UK. At the moment in Hull we have hazy sunshine but I`m not sure how long that`ll last :(

I would like to offer a huge welcome to my two new followers, Linda and Kara Lynne. Thank you for choosing my l`il blog to follow.

I had a bit of spare time last night while Alan was watching the footie so I thought I`d grab the opportunity and join in with this weeks challenge at Cas-ual Fridays which is Pretty in Pink.
Now I told you earlier in the week that I was having trouble coming up with an original idea and I`m afraid that is still the case ( no pun intended) so I`ve taken my inspiration from This card of Fiona`s from Made in a Muddle.
I loved her card as soon as I saw it and have been dying to use this design.

Really easy card to make. I punched out 18 daisies from pink snippet paper and adhered them in pairs, twisting the top layer.
I made the inner circle with my Japanese paper punch out of white copy paper, stuck them on and glittered them with some Glamour Dust.
Then it was just a case of  placing them neatly. I measured and marked a spot just above the centre of the base card for my first flower and laid the others out to make sure I had the correct space for the sentiment, then adhered them by eye.
The sentiment is by Papermania.
Loved this so much I`m making more in other colours. More for the fundraising box yaay!

Thanks for poppingin ...Lynne xxx

Casual Fridays Masculine

Good Afternoon Everyone.
In all the excitment of seeing Ruby yesterday I forgot to welcome my new followers. Very remiss of me I know and I apologise. So I would like to extend a very warm welcome to Samantha, Tracy and Misseke. Thank you for choosing my blog to follow.

Over on CAS- ual Fridays the challenge is to make a clean and simple male card. Now you all know how I struggle with man cards and the men themselves don`t exactly help do they? I swear if it was left to my OH there would be no such things as greeting cards at all. But I have to make a start on some for the fundraising box so this is my first one of (hopefully) many.

I know I seem to be using this design a lot lately but it works for me.
Background is Pink Petticoat Chevron in Duck Egg.
I printed the letters on the PC using Ariel Hollow font and then filled them in with blue glitter using a fine tip nozzle. Wasn`t sure about glitter on man cards but hey..even men need a bit of sparkle in their lives don`t they?
The sentiment is from 2 different stamp sets and I can`t remember which sorry, stamped inVersafine Onyx. The banner is simply a strip cut with the trimmer and I`ve made the `v`s` with the corner of a square nestie.
Nice simple little card. I haven`t joined in with the casual girls in ages so I`m pleased I had the time to do this one.

We had a lovely afternoon with Ruby and her mum & dad yesterday. Ruby arrived dressed in her new Tinkerbell dress and the easter bonnet I made for her. Believe me it`s a look only a three year old can carry off, hee hee she looked a picture. After the obligatory counting of the fish in the pond and watering the plants ( something that has become a ritual) she found the biscuits and settled down to stuff her face. All was going so well until she decided to climb onto a dining chair and promptly slid off between the back rest and the seat banging her head on the radiator control knob. She has a huge egg on the back of her head and there were tears all round, including me but she`s fine again now. Poor little mite, as if she`s not going through enough right now.

Right I`m off again to enjoy the sunshine while I can.
Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Less is More Meets Cas-ual Fridays

Good Morning All!


I can`t believe my card for this weeks Less is More Challenge has taken so long to come to fruition.Not that it`s complicated or anything, just that life has conspired once more to keep me out of the craft room. Anyway, enough of me moaning again, it`s finally done.
We have a sketch to follow this week. A nice easy peasy one and already there are so many fabby entries.

This is the sketch for LiM while over on Cas-ual Fridays they are asking us to Get Edgy. We can use our punches, torn paper or anything to edge our designs.

Here is my card,
It looks a bit wonky but that`s down to my not so brilliant photographing skills. Mr Blogger is playing games again too and needs 2 or 3 prompts to download piccies so my stress levels are climbing lol.
Back to the card..
White base card 5x5.
Martha Stewart Trellis border punch raised on foam pads.
Very pale green leaf die from Marianne Designs.
Hot pink handmade flowers with pink gem brads in centre.
Sentiment from Flourishes Tag Lines stamped in Versafine Black.
Obviously I`ve flipped the sketch on it`s side and I`m rather pleased with this one even though it`s taken nearly 12 hours to finish.lol.

Right I`m off to do some more crafting while I get the chance, I`m locking the doors, taking the phone off the hook and pretending I`m out.
Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

CAS-ual Fridays Block of Colour

I`ve been MIA for a few days this week. Don`t ask me why because I haven`t a clue. My work/home routine doesn`t really change from one week to the next but some weeks I can get loads of crafting done and then another, time just disappears. Alan`s been home all week so that might have something to do with it. For some reason I just can`t get on when he`s home. Anyway I`m here now with a card to share.

This is the 3rd card I`ve tried to make for Dad for fathers Day. The other 2, I wasn`t at all happy with.
The I saw the challenge for this weeks CAS-ual Fridays is blocks of colour and this card was born.


The papers are snippets left over from a previous card and are Papermania Capsule Blueberry Pie collection. I`ve stuck them onto card to give them some rigidity and placed them with foam pads.

The sentiment is `Happy Wishes` from Layers of Colour stamped in memento Bahama Blue and embossed with clear EP.


I`m also entering this card as a last minute entry into Jules Crafty Snippet Challenge 23


Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx