Tuesday Trigger

Good Morning to you all!

The sun is shining and all`s well with the world! (well it is here anyway).

It`s tuesday trigger time again over at Moxiefab World.

and I couldn`t wait to get cracking. This is the inspiration we were given   

and here is my version.

I`ve used the same technique for the flowers as I did in my last post but this time I wanted smaller flowers.
As I said the only scallop edge punch I have is a 3`` jumbo punch so I had a little think and practice and came up with these.
Instead of a scalloped edge I just a small circle with a circle nestie, then trimmed around the edge with my deckle edge scissors. Made the flowers up in the same way and Voila, carnations. You do realise you are going to get overdosed on these flowers for some time, lol.

The rest of the card was really simple.
The DP is by Pink Petticoat Elegant Swirls in Turquoise.
I layered it onto some dark apricot card  to tie in with the tea cup in the picture.
I used my Swiss Dots folder and a piece of white card then cut a large circle with a nestie.
I cut two ovals in turquoise card to represent the vase in the piccy and used one for the sentiment.
Both the white card and the oval are raised with foam dots.


Well I`ve finally caught up with the aftermath of our holiday. All the washing and ironing is done so we have clothes to wear now, lol.  As it`s wednesday today I`m off to see my mum. I`ll catch up with you all later.

Thanks for popping in ...Lynne xxx

Color Throwdown #98

Good Morning All!
And a happy tuesday to you all.
 
Todays card is for the Color Thrown #98 
challenge.This is the colour swatch we were given

And this is my take on it.


I seem to be stealing other peoples ideas alot just lately and for that I appologise ( a little) but don`t they say that initation is the best form of flattery lol.

I got the idea for the flower from Karen 
who found a tutorial HERE.
They are so easy to make and look so effective. If I can made them, anyone can. The only problem I had was that it calls for a scalloped edge circle which really should be a spellbinders set because of the different sizes. I only have a jumbo punch which is why my flower is quite large.
I am, however, working on some more that I have made slightly differently and I will post them later.

The DP is Pink Petticoat Dots in Olive which is the nearest I could get to Moss. I`ve used a Martha Stewart Doily punch along the bottom just to give it an edge.
Some Chocolate brown ribbon and a bow to even it out.
The sentiment is by Papertrey and cut out with Spellbinders Labels 4 die.
If you look carefully, there are 2 leaves poking out of the flower. I used an embossing border bar from the Glitter Girls to dry emboss in moss card and cut them out.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Lace Frame

Hi All! I`m back.

We had a fabulous week. The weather was amazing and I would like to thank you all for your kind wishes regarding the weather because I`m sure it made a difference. We had some lovely trips out to the North Yorkshire Moors and Dalby Forest. Visited some smashing little towns and villages and saw some amazing sights. No photos unfortunetly, we passed a field full of beautiful red poppies that I would have loved to take a piccy of but doing 60 in the car isn`t good for photography. I also didn`t get as much crafting in as I usually do.
I did manage to make one card though that is a tale in itself.
I saw this way of working with borderbilities on  Becca Feeken`s 
fabulous blog. That girl must have a degree in engineering because believe me matching these corners up and getting the pattern right took me, with an enormous amount of help from hubby, a heck of a long time. We worked on it on and off for three days before I was happy and even then when we got back and I rechecked Becca`s it`s not quite right.

Anyway here is my card .
I`m entering it into this weeks  Our Creative Corner.
which luckily for me is asking for us to cool down with blues and greens.
The gorgeous DP is by Shabby Princess and I love it to bits.
The frame is a Spellbinders Borderbilities.
The sentiment is stamped in Versacolor baby blue and heat embossed.
Because my corners are no where near as neat as Becca`s I`ve punched some flowers out of white paper and added a pale blue flat backed pearl.

Now I have an idea of how to do these frames and where I went wrong, I will have another go but not just yet lol.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx 

FTL # 95

Good Morning All!
And a happy Saturday to you all.

A very quick post today as we should be leaving in about an hour. I just had time to make a very quick card to enter into the Clean and Simple   challenge for this week. This is the sketch we were given.

And this is my take on it.

Not a lot of stamping, I made a flower template in 3 sizes on the computer and then cut 2 of each size in the dotty paper.
The dotty DP is by Pink Petticoat but I manipulated it on the comp to get a brighter blue.
I added a bit more of the same dotty paper with a scalloped edge.
A piece of white ribbon, a bow and a clear gem brad on the flower and thats it.
The sentiment is a stamp by Papertrey.

Sorry it`s so short but I`m rareing to go now. The weather isn`t too good at the moment but the forecast is for better, so fingers crossed.
How I`m going to get through a week of no blog hopping I don`t know but I`m sure I`ll survive lol. Catch up with you all next week.

Lynne xxx

Fantasy Butterflies

Happy Thursday All!

 It`s another beautiful sunny day here, I just hope it lasts into next week.

Well I enjoyed making my card for the Clean and Simple Challenge. 

this week so much that I`ve made another one.

I`m also entering this one into the Tuesday Trigger Challenge.

which has this amazing trigger to inspire us.


Another really simple card to make.
The DP is by Shabby Princess.
The butterflies are from Elusive Images and I`ve coloured them with plain old pencil crayons. I stamped one and cut out the circle with a Spellbinders circle die, then stamped the other and cut it out.
I cut another circle in bright blue and raised it with foam pads.
The sentiment is, ofcourse, by Papertrey.

Not sure if I`ll get to post any more this week but I`m taking loads of craft stuff away with me (in case of rain) so should have plenty to show when we get back.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Clean and Simple FTL #94

Hello and a happy sunny wednesday all!

 A very easy and quick card for this weeks challenge at Clean and Simple.

This is the sketch we were given

And this is my take on it.

I seem to have gone leaf crazy just lately but they make fabulous male cards and that is something that I always struggle with.

The stamp is by Papertrey, turning a new leaf.
I stamped in fresh green and heat embossed with clear EP to give it some gloss.
The DP is by Shabby Princess signature collection and is scrummy (imho)
The sentment is also by Papertrey and stamped in black Stazon.
The image is cut out with a Spellbinders circle die as is the blue backing circle, then raised slightly with foam pads.

Appologies for the photo. The sun is pouring in through the loft window but if I take it into the shade the piccy looks terrible. And yes, that shadow is muck on the window lol. Flipping birds.
We`re going away for the week on Saturday so I`ve been flying about like a mad thing cleaning, washing and ironing and, yes, I washed the windows on monday. After all the fatballs and seed feeders this is how they treat me Lol.

No doubt I`ll be back with another post before we go but in the meantime, enjoy the sun...

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

2 challenges today.

Happy Sunday All !

Well I think I`ve finally calmed down after yesterdays wonderful event, (no I don`t mean the football).

I have one card today that I`m entering into two challenges.  Our Creative Corner.
Which is to to decorate our corners, and  Color Throwdown #96. 

which has this gorgeous colour combo.

This is my submission ;

I`ve chosen to go quite clean and simple with this one as I felt the colour combo would be a bit gaudy ( even for me lol) to do a big blousy, frilly card.
I started with white hammered card.
I cut a peice of the same card just slightly smaller than the main one but turned it over so it`s plain card and scored two lines along the right side.
The leaf stamp is by Papertrey and is stamped in versacolor  fresh green and heat embossed with clear ep to give it some gloss.
The pale orange rose is from a local haberdashery store.
I`ve added some egg yolk yellow ribbon and some pale blue ribbon and a bow over the top.
Some pale blue ribbon across one corner and some flatbacked pearls in the other.
The sentiment is also from Papertrey. I`ve raised the front panel with foam pads to give the whole thing some depth.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx