A new to me challenge blog

 Hello there,



 My blog friend Carol is a guest designer for this months challenge at A place to start.
This is a new challenge blog for me but the theme this month is to use your favourite stencil and, as I'd just photographed my latest card, it fits perfectly.

It's my neighbours 60th ( Diamond) wedding anniversary on Thursday and I've made them a card using my stencil from Alexandra Renke.

I began by printing an A5 card with the sentiment on my PC
I used homemade texture paste coloured a pale grey with acrylic paint and after removing the stencil, covered the image in lots of ultra fine silver glitter.
Once dry I added quite a few diamonds ( gems) to the design.

A close up of the glittery finish.
I adore this stencil as it leaves a lovely crisp image and can be used for lots of occasions.


Thanks for popping in X

1st wedding anniversary card

Hello,

I have an anniversary card to share today.
This is for the brother and sister in law of a friend of mine. I made their wedding card last year so I've stuck with the same colours.

The base card is cream with burgundy inlay.

The scallop dies are from Spellbinders
The heart is by Sizzix
Leaves are from a die set from the Works
Flowers are from a local haberdashery.

Thanks for popping in x

Second post for Less is More

Hi There!
It will be my daughter and son in laws wedding anniversary at the week end so I thought I`d kill two birds, so to speak, and make another card for this weeks Simply Less is More challenge which is flowers.

I`ve been getting messy with this one.
I started off with a square of white card and using various inks and chalks in differing shades of red it became a red square. Once the ink was dry I gave it a quick squirt of gold Do Crafts spritzing ink.
Once that was dry I added some homemade embossing paste dyed red with water colour paint and a sprinkling of gold glitter whilst still wet.
To finish off I cut out a leaf from a Poppy stamps die and trimmed it down a bit, punched two daisies and placed them one over the other and added a gold flat backed pearl to the centre. A small gold heart from a X Cut punch and sentiment from Flourishes Tag Lines.
I`m pleased with how this has turned out and might have another go with a different colour background.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Diamond Anniversary

Good Evening All!
A quick post from me to share a card I made for my Mum & Dads Diamond Wedding Anniversary. 

The actual anniversary was last december but I forgot to post it onto my blog (doh).
I printed the sentiment on the PC in silver, then as it was coming out of the printer I quickly scattered silver embossing powder over it. It doesn`t work perfectly on plain card but does enough to give it some shine when heated.
I stamped the Ivy Wreath and embossed that in silver EP then added a Sizzix die cut Heart in Silver after wrapping a piece of white ribbon around the top left corner...
A heart shaped gem for the centre of the heart and 3 tiny gems along the ribbon to finish.

I arranged for Mum & Dad to recieve a card from the Queen and the chef in Mums residential home baked them a beautiful cake. Although Mums dementia meant she couldn`t really enjoy the celebration, the staff made it a lovely day with gifts and photographs.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Silver Wedding Anniversary

Well hello there, I know ...it`s been a long time. Apart from the decorating, whch is now finished, thank goodness, and a few days away in the caravan, my only excuse is that the glorious weather has been far too good to pass up on.
I am back today though with a card. A few weeks ago I was asked by a friend, to make a silver wedding anniversary card for her to give to her husband. Now you know that me and male cards don`t make good buddies but I had to make an effort and this is what I came up with,

The DP is  Pink Petticoat Brocade printed in silver.
I used a Spellbinder Lace Doily Motif die because I didn`t think it was overly feminine.
The Stars were cut out with a X Cut die in silver and white card and the Hearts are made with a Sizzix die.
I added a heart shaped charm to the finished die cuts. The sentiment is PC generated and cut out with a nestie square die and raised with foam pads.
I got some good feedback so I think both were pleased with it :)

Right, still trying to get back into the swing of things and hopefully won`t leave it so long before the next post.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Hearts and swirls

Hi everyone.
I hope you are all enjoying this beautiful spring weather that we`ve waited so long for in the UK. I was asked to make a card for a very young couple who are about to celebrate one year of dating. Because they are so young I didn`t want to do my usual flowers and bows type card but was having trouble thinking up something that would do just as nicely.
I decided on a trawl through some of my favourite bloggers and decided on This card to CASE by the lovely Sarita. Unfortunately Sarita hasn`t posted anything for almost a year but I keep going back to her cards for inspiration. This is what I came up with,

I`ve swapped Sarita`s stars for hearts and used a different swirl stamp but kept the design.
The swirls are Papertrey Fancy Flourishes stamped in Memento London Fog.
The hearts are cut out using a Sizzix die.
The sentiment is PC generated.
Just a few matching gems to finish.


Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Golden Anniversary

Good Evening all.
I hope I find you well. I`ve been busy this last week or so with an order from a friend of my daughters. We met at the Macmillan Coffee Morning where I was selling cards to raise funds and she asked me to make a couple of cards for her daughter.
Apparently the family were so pleased ( insert huge grin and big head here) that I was asked to make 8 cards for various family members, one of them being a Golden Wedding Annivesary card. After a few false starts and much web browsing, this is what I came up with.

It looks a bit odd the way the ribbon has fallen but I`ve tweaked it since and it`s much better.
I started off with an a4 sheet of cream pearlised card which I printed the sentiment onto from the pc. As soon as it came out of the printer I poured Detail Gold Embossing Powder onto it. I`ve seen it done before but never tried it myself so I was quite chuffed the way it came out.
I cut a square of white pearlised card with a watered silk effect on it and used it to mat another square of the cream card.
I used two pieces of cream ribbon, crossed at the top of the panel and adhered lightly so I could line them up with the hearts.
The hearts were cut out with a Sizzix die in the cream and white card with the white one laying flat and the cream raised with foam pads.
I added some clear gems to the ribbon and the hearts and added the bow.

I`ll be back later in the week with another card from the selection. I haven`t passed them on yet but I know they don`t look at the blog so I`m sure I`m safe lol.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Happy Anniversary

Good Afternoon All!

Another quick post from me today. The day is flying by waay too fast, roll on next week ;-)

Next monday will be Alan and Rachels first wedding anniversary. It doesn`t seem 5 minutes since we were getting all excited about the wedding. They will be in the Canaries for their anniversary, a belated honeymoon since Alan couldn`t fly last year with his poorly knee, so I`ve given them their card already.

It hasn`t photographed very well and does look much nicer IRL.
The card base and panel are pearlescent faux watered silk in ivory.
I`ve added some ivory lace to two of the corners. The larger oval is Spellbinders Beaded Ovals die with the second size Floral Oval matted onto it, both in plain ivory pearlescent card as is the Labels 4 die with a frame by Waltzing Mouse stamped and embossed in detail silver EP.
The sentiment is Flourishes Tag Lines also embossed in silver EP.
I`ve added some ivory pearls to the beaded oval to finish.
I was going to add a bow but thought it might be too much.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Poppy Anniversary Card.

Good afternoon All!

Well the beautiful sunshine we`ve been enjoying has finally come to an end. I wonder if it`s because I have a day off tomorrow lol. The clouds are building but it`s still warm, hopefully summer will start proper week after next when I`ve got a week off work ;)

It was Cheryl and Darren`s wedding anniversary last sunday so ofcourse I made them a card. As Cheryl`s fave colour is red and she once told me her favourite flowers were Poppies, I`ve once again gone with a red poppy card. In fact she loves poppies so much Ruby was going to be Poppy for a while.
Anyway, enough waffle, here`s the card,

It`s a rubbish photo I`m afraid. I had a marathon card making session over the weekend and by the time I took piccy`s the light was at the wrong side of the house so all this weeks pics are dreadful. Note to self...take photographs in the morning.
Back to the card.
Red base card run through the cuttlebug with Crafts Too Damask EF.
Poppy stamp from Chocolate Baroque Fresh Florals set stamped onto strip of white card and coloured with Promarkers.Corners rounded and then raised using foam pads.
Sentiment by Rubbadubbadoo stamped onto a tiny strip of white card and placed across panel with foam pads.
Nice, simple but effective card.

I had a better nights sleep last night which is just as well as we`ve been mega busy at work today and I`ve got a wedding card to finish so I can mail it tomorrow. See you then.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx