cr84fn..Lavender and Peach

Good Afternoon All!

Autumn has definitely arrived here today. Cold and wet and miserable. A great day to be in the craft room.

I`m a bit late for this fortnights challenge at cr84fn but the colour sample is fabulous and I simply couldn`t resist.

I couldn`t decide whether I was in CaS mood or fussy mood so I made two cards.

 This one uses a stamp from Flourishes, Flowers and Friends, stamped in Memento Tuxedo black and coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and Promarkers.
I`ve cut the image out with a nestie circle and matted it onto some lavender card using a scalloped circle die. It gives just a hint of colour behind the circle.
The sentiment is PC generated, cut out the same way.
The DP is by Shappy Princess, Girly without the Pink.

This one is much more CaS.
DP by Shabby Princess again, printed onto card and mounted with foam pads.
The flower is handmade with Peach tissue paper and a lavender brad.
I`ve added some lavender spotty ribbon.
The sentiment is Flourishes Tag Lines, stamped in Versafine Onyx black.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

CR84FN # 58

This is my second post today, please scroll down for my Less is More post.

Hello, me again.

It`s Alan`s Mums 87th birthday today and I made her a card during the week. Although I photographed it, I thought I`d wait before posting it on the blog and what a good job I did too. Imagine how chuffed I was when I checked the new challenge at CR84FN and saw which colours they were using this week.

I wish I could be this psychic with the lottery numbers lol.

Although she is 87, Alans Mum is very modern and young at heart. The decor in her living room is cream with red accessories which is why I used the red and as we`re in need of some sunshine I added the yellow too.
The zig zag edge is made from card scraps punched with a Martha Stewart punch.
The image is my all time favourite Flourishes stamp Gerbera Daisies ( so versatile) coloured with Promarkers and the sentiment is from Rubbadubbado.

As I`ve used snippets in this one, I`m also entering it into Pixies Crafty Snippets #28. We might have to play indoors this week as the swings will be quite soggy I would imagine.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

CR84FN #40

Hello Everyone.
I hope you`re enjoying your sunday. It`s certainly got a bit nippier in my neck of the woods but still a lovely bright day. Don`t think it`s going to last much longer though(sigh).
I thought I`d share my entry for this fortnights cr84fn Challenge with you today.

This is the inspiration we have been given and a colour pallette of Red, Kraft and Brown.

I`ve used a brown base card (5x5) and matted a script paper from Pink Petticoat onto it.
My Poinsettia is from Creative Stamping and is a Mandalla stamp. I stamped the image 4 times in Cranberry ink onto red card and cut it out, decreasing the petals each time then built it up using foam pads.

This pic shows the depth of the flower afterwards. I gently curled the petals with my fingers beforehand. Some yellow flatback pearls have been added to the centre.
I cut a strip of Kraft card, stamped my sentiment from Anita`s in Versafine Onyx Black, matted onto some brown card and cut it leaving a slim border.
I`m rather pleased with this one. Quite a simple card but with a bit of POP.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

CR84FN Challenge # 39

Hi All!
Do you ever design a card in your head and it looks perfect but when you actually get down to making it, some how it just isn`t the same? That`s exactly what happened with this card for this fortnights cr84fn challenge. I think it`s because I made the flowers too big and, because I haven`t had time to change them, the whole design has been altered to fit.Still I`m relatively pleased with the result.

I so love this time of the year and it really has to be because of the gorgeous earthy colours we get.So with the inspiration for this fortnight being as they are I simply had to join in.

Brown textured card from Papermill shop (before it closed) made into 15cm square card.
A strip of corrugated kraft card overhanging slightly with gardeners string wrapped around.
The flowers are made from tissue paper cut with a scallop nestie and scrunched.
The sentiment is from Papertrey Autumn Abundance set cut out with a tag punch.

That`s it from me for now, thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

cr84fn # 36

Hello everyone.
I apologise for being a bit quiet lately but life is having a field day with us at the moment. I know I seem to do nothing but moan and I won`t go into details but it`s one of those times when life dumps on you from a great height and then laughs about it. So, creativity, which is usually my great escape,is taking a bit of a back seat as I don`t appear to be getting much inspiration. However I did manage to make an effort for this fortnights challenge at cr84fn which has this fabby pic for inspiration.

                                                                                 
The yellow dotty paper ( Pink Petticoat) is actually a lot brighter IRL, matted onto some kraft card.
The stripes is also by PP and really is almost kraft in colour.
I`ve used a Waltzing Mouse Labels  4 stamp, stamped in yellow and cut out with a nestie. The sentiment is by Papertrey and is cut out with a nestie oval .
I added some ribbon and some roses from my stash, the leaves are punched from Kraft card.
As all of the papers are snippets, I`m also entering this one into Jules Crafty Snippets Challenge.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

CR84FN # 35

Good evening all!
A quick post from me today I`m afraid. Alan`s got a week off work this week and I just can`t seem to get on with anything. He`s painted our kitchen so I`ve got everything to put in it`s proper place lol. Anyway enough rambling, the inspiration piccy for this fortnights CR84FN Challenge is gorgeous. Just take a look at these fabulous colours.

Aren`t they just gorgeous? Here is my card,











I`ve used a very pale green DP by Papermania matted onto Lavender card.
The sentiment is computer generated, cut out with nestie circle and matted on to some of the green DP that has been cut out with a nestie scalloped circle. The that was placed with foam pads onto a lacey edged circle in lavender.
I added a dark grey ribbon and double looped bow and some lavender coloured flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.

That`s it from me for now, got paint splashes to remove lol.
Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

CR84FN # 34

Good Morning all and TGIF.
Sorry I`ve been so quiet these past few days but life has been busy,busy,busy.

The inspiration pic for this fortnights CR84FN 
is beautiful. How could I not join in to use these fabulous colours?

Here is my entry,

I`ve used a 5x5 white card base.
The DP is a beautiful pink and creamy yellow rose pattern from a CD from Hinny Bop called Dreamy Flower Collection 2. I`d printed a sheet off ages ago and only used a small piece so this is a snippet, matted onto some deep pink card.
The sentiment is from Layers of Colour Happy Wishes set stamped in Memento Rose Bud which, luckily is a perfect match for the deep pink card.I`ve cut it out with a nestie labels 4 die,then cut another the same size in deep pink, chopped it in half and adhered it to the back with a little showing at the sides. ( it`s difficult to see but if you enlarge the pic you might be able to see better) I`ve added 3 tiny pink gems .
I made some yellow and pale pink roses using a Marianne designs die and added some yellow ribbon and a blousy bow.

That`s it from me for today. I hope tomorrow is a bit more restful and productive, though somehow I doubt it lol.

Thanks for popping in ...Lynne xxx

cr84fn # 33

Good afternoon all!
First of all can I shout from the rooftops to tell you all I got A TERRIFIC TOP 3 place in last weeks challenge at CR84FN I am so chuffed. As soon as I recieve my badge I`ll put it at the top of my sidebar..

The colours for this fortnights challenge at CR84FN are red,pinkand a neutral. Now red and pink are colours I would never normally put together and I did struggle to come up with something I wanted to admit to making lol. My first attempt went straight into the bin but that was mainly down to not having any mojo on monday. How typical, I take a week off work and my mojo goes on holiday.
Yesterday was completely different. I took a different approach and within minutes came up with this one, much, much better than the first.

I`ve kept it CAS as this seems to be my preferred style at the moment.
A6 white card base.
Panel cut slightly smaller than card, I`ve embossed lines on one side of panel with score board.
The DP is a from my snippet box and is by Pink Petticoat from the His/ Hers papers
The image is by Chocolate Baroque Fresh Florals set, coloured with a mix of watercolour pencils and promarkers then cut out with a nestie oval.
The sentiment is from Flourishes Orchids set, stamped in Versafine Black and cut out with a nestie circle.
I`ve added a pink gingham ribbon and bow.
The panel is added using foam pads.


I`m being extremely good just lately and going straight to my snippet box for papers rather than cutting into new sheets or printing more off. Not that it`s making much of a hole in the amount of snippets I have but every little helps and I`m determined not to buy new papers for a while (until I see something that I just can`t live without lol)

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

CR84FN #32

Good Morning All!

A short post from me today as it`s a work day. I just wanted to share my card for this weeks cr84fn challenge.
where they have given us this fun colour combo.

Gorgeous or what???

here is my take on it,








Unfortunatly my aqua looks a little more blue...

I`ve used digital papers from Shabby Princess Signature Collection matted onto green card.
The image is new to me, Orchids from Flourishes. I think you`ll be seeing a lot more of these in the future.
I`ve coloured with a mixture of watercolour pencils and Promarkers.
The sentiment is from the same set cut out with a circle nestie.
I`ve added yellow ribbon but sadly had only a tiny scrap left over so I`ve made a funny sort of bow and used a brad for the middle. Not sure about the bow.
That`s it from me for now, got a pile of ironing to do before I go to work (sigh).

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Pink and Green

Hi All!

A mege quick post fromtoday as I`m supposed to bepacking to go away.
Just thought I`d post my card for this weeks challenge at CR84FN.

Here is the inspiration piccy,

Aren`t these colours fabulous?








And here is my card,

At last a card I`m really pleased with. I think I`ve finally found `My Style` if you know what I mean. I love the layered panels and the cleanness of these type of cards without the simpleness lol.

Anyway, the deets,
A6 white card base.
Embossing folder Damask by Crafts Too.
Sentiment Label by Waltzing Mouse.
Sentiment by Flourishes.
Rolled Roses Die from Marianne Designs.
Ribbon from stash.

Sorry its short and sweet, gotta go...

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

CR84FN #29

Good Evening All!

Before I start could I say a very big welcome and a thank you to all my new followers.

This is the colour pallette for this weeks challenge at CR84FN
Light Plum, Plum and Kraft.

I had a bit of a blind spot and couldn`t work out how to incorporate the Kraft into a design with the other colours so I chickened out a bit and used Kraft as the base card only.

The rest is pretty easy peasy. White card embossed with Swiss Dots folder matted onto Plum card.
Waltzing Mouse Vintage Labels 4 stamped in Versacolour Heliotrope which is the nearest I have to Light Plum ink, cut out with a nestie labels 4 die.
Plum card cut out with a slightly larger die for border.
Sentiment by Flourishes.
Plum ribbon and huge bow to finish.

And thats it. A really quick post tonight as I`m shattered and it`s only tuesday. Early night for me I think.






Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

CR84FN #22

Hi Folks.

A quick post from me today just to show my entry for this weeks challenge at CR84FN who have given us this fabulous colour scheme to work with.

And here is my entry,

I used brown card stock for the base card.
The Damask is from Pink Petticoat matted onto some green card and cut along the bottom with a Spellbinders Scallop die.
The border is cut out with a Spellbinders Classic Lace Borderbilities die, in brown.
The flower is handmade and yes, it does look a bit like a cabbage I know.
The sentment is from Flourishes Tag Lines stamped in brown.
I`ve added two little pearls to the scallop.







Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Gorgeous Garnet

Hello Everyone!

I made a card this morning for the challenge over on  CR84FN. 
They havegiven us this fantastic inspiration,

Aren`t they just fabulous colours to work with?

I used the sketch from this weeks Less is More Challenge
 but I have flipped the sketch this time so I will enter this card into both challenges.

                                                                                           I`ve had such a faff about trying to get a half decent photo so I`ve shown 2. One with and one without the flash on to show the gorgeous colour of the
                                                                                       flower
                                                                                    
Anyway, I used cream card cut to a DL.
The sentiment is computer generated and printed directly onto the card.
The flower is handmade using deep red card stock.
The green DP is by Papermania Casule Collection in Verde and cut with a nestie scallop die.
I cut a piece of the red card with the scallop nestie and placed the DP onto it leaving a very narrow border.
I`ve added 1 green gem beneath the flower.

Now I need your help.
My eldest Grandaughter will be 15 next month and I haven`t a clue what to do with her card. She`s at that awkward age (when aren`t they?) where she`s too old for cute and too young for flowers and I just haven`t got any ideas whatsoever. She wants to be a hairdresser and is doing vocational training with school and a local hairdresser so if anyone knows where I can get a digistamp of a hairdryer that might help.
All advice would be gratefully recieved.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx