The Shabby Tea Room # 222 Lavendar & Lace

Hi There!
Popping by today to share a card I`ve made for this weeks challenge at The Shabby Tea Room which is to use Lavendar & Lace on our cards.
I`ve been promising myself that I`ll join in with alot more challenges now I`m not working but the weeks go by in a flash and all my good intentions go with them. I`m hoping to put that right now and get back to regular entries to TSTR.

I`ve used a topper that the lovely Tracey sent me ages ago from Cardmakers Delights. 
The more solid DP is a piece left over from a set from Kameo cards that I`ve had for years and the floral DP is a download but I can`t remember where from.
I`ve used a small piece of lace from my stash and cut out a doily from a Cheery Lynn designs die.
The flowers are also from my stash and I`ve added a couple of Chloe stems from Memory Box.
The Butterfly is a Martha Stewart Punch and I`ve added some tiny white pearls.

It`s far too hot in the loft today so I`m off to enjoy the sun in the garden for a while. Enjoy your day whatever you`re doing.

Thanks for popping in ...Lynne xxx

Dynamic Duos #61

Hello there, another quick post from me as it`s absolutely baking in the loft today. Not that I`m complaining, we`ve waited long enough for some decent weather. I hope you are all enjoying it while it lasts.

I`m joining in at Dynamic Duos this week. It`s ages since I last participated and the colours for this week are lovely, take a look.

Here is my entry,

Dp is from Kameo Cards but I think they`ve stopped trading now.
I cut out a Spellbinders Floral Oval in pale pink card and placed it using foam pads.
The Cherry Blossom flowes are from Wild Orchid Crafts and I`ve cut the leaves using a Memory Box die and some sand coloured DP from Papermania Capsule Collection.
I`ve added some pale pink stamen to some of the leaves and dotted some flat back pearls around the card.
The sentiment is PC generated and cut with a fishtail.

Right, thats me done. I`m in danger of melting into pool on the floor :)

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Picture Perfect Creations #74

Hello All!
A quick post from me today as I`m running late as usual.

This is the colour inspiration for this weeks challenge at Picture Perfect Creations. I love green and I haven`t played along with this challenge for ages so I thought I`d rectify that.
Here is my card,

I`ve been raiding the snippet boxes again so all the DP and card, apart from the base card are scraps.
The DP is by Kameo Cards and I`ve cut it into 4 pieces, 2 long and 2 short, matted them onto lime green card and raised them with foam pads.
The image is Stampendous Agapanthus stamped in Versa colour Evergreen and also matted onto lime green card and raised with foam pads. The sentiment is Papertrey stamped in Versafine onyx black.
As it`s a snippet make,I`d also like to enter it into Jules crafty snippet challenge.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Jules crafty snippets

Hello there.
Before you begin reading any further I must warn you that this is a picture heavy post. Get a cuppa and make yourself comfortable.

I mentioned last week that I was going to take photos of my snippets to shame me into using more of them. Well, I have....are you ready for this?...

This is my pile of paper snippets. It`s actually not as bad as it looks (honest) and quite a lot of them are digi papers. I`ve had to put them on the spare bed because there are too many to fit on the desk properly.

And this pile is my card snippets. Now this is really worse than it looks on here. You can`t see properly how deep the pile is. I am quite ashamed of this little lot. I was going to put them on our bed because it`s much larger but there is glitter card in among that lot and I didn`t think Alan would be very pleased to wake up next morning covered in glitter lol.
But....

Look at it now.
Being the cheapskate that I am I only bought 4 plastic boxes (£1 each from Poundland) and utilised some old biscuit tins for the rest. I will get more plastic boxes eventually. All the card has been sorted into colour and boxed up making it really easy to find and also keeping it from getting damaged. I used to keep it all in a large underbed storage box and then had to rake through it. The Papermill box has got gold, silver and sparkley card in and I`ve another one that all my paper snippets fit nicely into. So much better than before and now that I can get at easier I`m using it alot more already.
My white card is still in the large box for now and in all fairness to myself, most of it is the bits you get when you make a square card from an A4 sheet so that will get used for smaller images and sentiments.
I will take another photograph at Christmas time to see how the pile has diminshed.

Right after all that I`d better show you a card.

Both the DP`s are from Kameo Crafts but different sets.
The image is my old favourite Agapanthus Cluster from Stampendous, stamped in Versacolour Evergreen.
The sentiment is by Personal Impressions.
I`ve added 2 butterflies because I got ink on one bit and a faded bit on another. This was my 4th attempt at stamping this and I`d had enough lol.


Edited to add;  I`ve just seen Jules snippet stash. I don`t feel half so bad now ha ha !





Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Jules Crafty Snippets # 22

Good Afternoon All!

I have the week off this week and had plans to do no end of things. It`s wednesday already and I have done nothing much. Don`t get me wrong, I haven`t been sat about and I have got some much needed cleaning jobs done and the garden is finally sorted but as for decorating the kitchen (top of the list) and making loads of cards...no chance. Just where does the time go???
We`re going to the caravan on friday so I won`t get much done over the week end either..hey ho.. it`ll still be here when we get back.

One thing I was determined to get done though, was my card for Jules Crafty Snippets I spent most of yesterday afternoon going through my bit box(es) and sorting out what will go with what. Then I made this card...

For some reason the piccy looks a bit blurry, if I get the chance I`ll take another and repost it.

The flower paper is by Kameo Cards and the check paper is Papermania Blueberry Hill. I think they go really well together.
A few bits and pieces of blue card for the matting and layering and I`ve used a Fiskars Punch along the edge of the triangle.
I had to use a full sheet of ceam card for the base but I cut it down to make a 5x5 card and used the cut off to make the sentiment label.
The sentiment is by Paula Pascual and the fleur de lis thingies are by Prima.
Some punched flowers in blue finished off with some gemstones and thats it.

Pop over to Jules Blog and see what fantastic inspiration she has to show you. You will be amazed.


Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

The play date cafe #62

Hi Folks

A quick post today as I have to start getting ready for work soon.

The girls over at The Play Date Cafe  have given us this gorgeous colour combo this week,

After the cold blues of Christmas cards and the miserable weather, I was definitely ready for some pink scrumptiousness.
This is what I came up with,






Quite a plain and simple card, my mojo is still on holiday I think, but I`m rather pleased with the result.

The main DP is by Kameo cards matted onto some hot pink card.
I used a slightly paler pink for the scalloped border using my new Spellbinders Scallop die.
I`ve added a panel in white card and stamped the sentiment in Rose Bud . The sentiment is by Flourishes.
I made the flower using the same hot pink card and added a sparkly brad in the centre.
Some flat backed hot pink pearls to finish and thats it.


I`m having computer problems at the moment. It`s running really slowly and takes forever to do something really simple so I think I might have to have a look at it. ( then I`ll let son put it right LOL)

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Shabby Tea Room #32

Good Morning All!

Happy wednesday to you.
I had an unexpected day off yesterday. Did I clean out the kitchen cupboards? Clear out the wardrobes? Nah!!!
After a normal mornings housework I got down to some serious crafting. Well what else did you expect???

This is the fabby pic from The Shabby Tea Room  to give us inspiration.
This is my card,

I used cream card for the base.
The DP is by Kameo Cards and is matted onto some chocolate card.
I`ve taken some more of the cream card and run it through the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder and matted that onto some chocolate card.
I used my Spellbinders Borderbilities Lace die on chocolate card and added it to my central panel.
The sentiment is from Papertreys Autumn Abundance set inked in chestnut onto cream card and cut with a circle nestie. I made a border with a scalloped circle nestie in chocolate.
The flowers are handmade in autumnal colours.

I have some other projects on the go that I will hopefully have finished before the weekend.

Just as an aside I have decided to do a weekly " Helpful Personal Tips" spot. I will explain...
I like to think of myself as a fairly intelligent person but I do do some really stupid things. I have lost count of the times I have greeted my OH with the immortal words " Oh Alan I did a really stupid thing today"
So often in fact that now he just gives me THAT look and shakes his head. Most are things that anyone with an ounce of common sense just wouldn`t do but some are down right dangerous. All will be revealed.
I`ll start with a daft one. Todays " Tip of the day"...
Never clean the toilet whilst wearing a waterfall cardigan!

See what I mean?

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Curtain Call #39 x 2

Happy Tuesday To You All!

I think I`m going through a bit of a crisis of confidence at the moment.
I posted a card for Curtain call #39.
in my last post but I can`t honestly say I was really happy with it.

  So I`ve made another one and now I`m not so sure about this one either. I think it`s a bit TOO green but please let me know , truthfully.

Here is my card;

I took 2 different papers from the Papermania Capsule Green collection and the paler green is from Kameo cards, matted and layered them all onto what`s left of my kraft card.
I stamped this gorgeous bird from Inkadinkado and embossed it in forest green EP.
I chalked some green around the edges and raised it with foam pads.
I`ve added a huge green bow and some green gems to finish.

I hate it when this happens. Everything looks fine in your head and even when you get all the componants together but then when it`s finished you think it could be better. Never mind, I`ll just have to try harder next time lol.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Clean and simple challenge #87

Happy Sunday to you all!

I hope the weather is better where you are than here. It`s persisting down and just a bit chilly. I thought the sun was here to stay, a bit optimistic I know but a girl can hope lol.

Here is this weeks sketch from CAS and this is my take on it.
I`ve used a scrap of paper from Kameo cards.
The leaf stamp is from Papertrey Turning a new leaf
and the sentiment is also from Papertrey.
I`ve punched some small flowers in the same DP and added a blue gem.
A little bit of scoring to give some texture and some larger gems to finish it off.

Right I`m off to cook Sunday lunch.
Thanks for looking Lynne xxx