Mothers Day

Good Morning to you all!

First of all an apology for being a bad blogger. I have been crafting, just not posting much lately. I have, however been keeping an eye on all my lovely blogger buddies and getting inspiration from all over the place.


Today I thought I`d share my Mothers day cards with you. I made two, obviously, one for my Mum and one for Alans Mum. I always make them the same because as far as I`m concerned, I have two Mums.

This time I did different colours but the same design.

The stamp is ofcourse my Flourishes small Sweetpea.
I stamped and embossed in gold detail embossing powder.
I coloured using Marvy Brush markers.
The background card is embossed using Cuttlebug Swiss Dots.
I`ve added a ribbon and bow and some flat backed pearls.
The sentiment stamp is from Elusive images Mothers Day set.

Thanks for looking.....Lynne xxx

Get well card

I know I promised not to post any more flourishes for a while but I have been sooo busy this past week. My boy is leaving home today!!!

I am a little bit sad but to be honest not as sad as I should be.He`s moving in with his future in laws and his girlfriend so they can save for a deposit on a house.I shall miss him but I`m sure he`ll be popping around at least once a week for footy. And I certainly won`t miss his mucky washing and cleaning his room lol. So, no empty nest syndrome for me!

Anyway I made this card for my daughters friend who has been a bit poorly recently.
Once again I`ve used the Gerbera Daisy from Flourishes  and coloured it with markers. I`ve added some ribbon and some flat backed pearls. Done a bit of scoring down the side and there you have it.

Thanks for looking
Lynne xxx

Small sweetpeas

Good morning and a happy sunday to you all.
I just can`t get enough of these stamps from flourishes but I do realise that you might be getting a bit bored of them by now so I think I`ll make this my last one for a while.

I stamped and embossed in black this time. I like to emboss when I can as it gives you a definate point for colouring. I coloured with marvy brush markers again.
The image is cut out with my oval nesties and mountes onto a background embossed with cuttlebugs swiss dots.
I added a lacey edge from spellbinders and some ribbon and finished it off with some flat backed pearls.
The sentiment is by Papertrey and cut out with spellbinders labels 4 die.

Thanks for looking.......Lynne xxx

Blue gerbera

I know... I know, I have been a naughty blogger just lately and haven`t been posting much. But, I have been busy crafting and have lots of cards to post now so hopefully I be able to post daily for a while. I have also been keeping up with all my blog pals and looking at some of the beautiful designs you have on your blogs.
The photograph isn`t very good. I`m sorry I really will have to sort out the lighting on my light box. A bit more practice methinks.
This card is another gerbera one. The beauty of gerberas is that you are not limited to colour so can go with any paper or ribbon or any other embellishment you`ve already got in your stash box. Apart from that I love `em.
I coloured this one with marvy brush markers and cut the circle with my nesties.
The DP is from my stash box and I have scored the background.
I added some ribbon to match the blue and a small bow.
The sentiment is from my new Papertrey stampset. I finished off the DP with a scalloped edge from my Martha Stewart punch.

Thanks for popping in ......Lynne xxx

My other new stamp

This is the other stamp from Flourishes that Santa brought me, (courtesy of no1 son)
This is the sweet pea stamp and I stamped and embossed in detail gold embossing powder onto watercolour paper. Then coloured using watercolour paints.
The DP is from Papermania and I finished off with my new borderbilities from Spellbinders which my youngest daughter got me for Christmas.
I love these stamps from Flourishes. They stamp up beautifully and are a really good size and include a smaller version too. I`m even quite pleased with my painting which is a one off for me as I`m not at all artistic.
Well it`s snowing up here in East Yorkshire and we`re expecting a lot more of the stuff.  My computer is in the loft and although it`s well insulated there is no heating up here, I just rely on the heat from the house rising. I can honestly say that today....it`s freezing! If it gets any colder I`ll have to put a coat on. And gloves lol
Thanks for popping in , enjoy the rest of your sunday ...Lynne xxx

I`m back!

I`ll start by appologising for being AWOL for so long. I picked up a nasty virus from somewhere ( my Dad I think lol) and although I was only poorly for a few days, it really knocked me for six and took ages to properly get over it. What with the run up to Christmas and everything I didn`t get a lot of time for crafting. Anyway excuses over I`m here now.

I want to wish every one of you a very happy and prosperous New Year and I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.

My first card is for my son`s girlfriends birthday which was on wednesday. The stamp is the one I have been raving about  from Flourishes and couldn`t wait to start playing with over Christmas. This is Gerbera Daisy and it`s great because you are not limited to colours. Sons GF is Rachel and she loves bright colours so I coloured this one in Bright Yellow marker. The background paper is from Papermania and I thought the blue contrasted nicely. I a;so got a Martha Stewart  punch from my daughter so I used that along the top. Some flat backed pearls ( ofcourse) to finish off.
The second card is for my daughters friend Karen. It was also her birthday on wednesday and I used the same stamp but this time coloured in bright lilac.
The background paper is Papermania again.  I`ve had this pad of papers for ages and keep forgetting to use them, they are so versatile and come in a good range of colours too. Once again some flat backed pearls to finish off.
Right I`m off to play with my other new stamp now and I promise not to leave it so long this time.
Thanks for popping by .........Lynne xxx

Third and final sweetpea for now

My last card for today is for another sister in law. Her birthday is not until december but I got a bit carried away with my new stamp and had to make it for someone.
Once again I`ve scored and added pearls and the background paper is from papermania.
Just going to check what other colours sweetpeas come in lol

This is the second card made with the sweetpea stamp and is for my sister in law. I`m sure that sweetpeas come in this colour but as its her favourite colour ( I think ) who cares.I did a bit of scoring on the background to give it some texture, the backing paper is from shabby princess and I`ve added some pearls.

Thought I`d died and gone to crafting Heaven

One day last week, after visiting Mum in the home and feeling pretty miserable in the rain, I decided to pop into one of the craft shops in town. It`s actually a fabric and dress making shop but they sell quite a bit of craft stuff so I thought I`d cheer myself up a bit. I couldn`t see any stamps in the shop and when I asked I was told that they were all upstairs and were half price so go and have a good rake. Well, rake I did and look what I found. They are by ART-KURE and should have been £9.99. I`ve never heard od art-kure stamps before but believe me they stamp up beautifully. I`d actually had my eye on some gorgeous sweetpea stamps from FLOURISHES.ORG but as they only sell in u.s.a. the postage is more than the stamps. I am so pleased with myself for finding these stamps, I`m almost beside myself

Any way it`s Mums birthday at the end of the month so this is the first card I`ve made. I`m really chuffed with it. Just wish my photographing skills would improve lol

Daughters card

Hi all, I`m back from my bank holiday break, well rested and raring to go. While I was away I made this card for my eldest daughters birthday which is on thursday. She loves poppy`s and the colour red so I`m hoping she likes this card. The poppy`s are a digi stamp from stamping sketchers which I coloured with marvy brush pens. I added some black glitter to the centres to make them pop. The background is done with the cuttlebug swirls and I added some black pearls for effect.

Another thank you card

My second card is for one of the staff at work. She kindly bought me a bottle of wine and some choccy`s (they know me soooo well). This one I chalked the background paper with blending chalks and inked a HeidiSwappe damask stamp with clear embossing ink and clear embossing powder. I quite like the way its come out. I then added some flowers from my craft box and a sentiment off the computer.

Thank You card. A couple of weeks ago I left my Job. It wasnt a high flying type of job or anything and to be honest the only thing I`ll miss are the girls I worked with and our tea breaks lol.
The girls had a collection for me and instead of getting me a pressy, they gave me the money to spend on crafty goodies. I got straight on the computer and ordered myself a cuttlebug machine.
This is the card I made to thank them all.
The main panel is cuttlebugs birds and swirls and the flower is `fred she said` dahlia. The sentiment I did on the computer.