Just showing off!

Good Morning Friends.

I`m having a bit of a show off moment today. 

Remember this card,

 

  Imagine my surprise and delight when I checked on my comments last night to discover one from Liz Armstrong who owns Pink Petticoat .
informing me that she is featuring my card on her blog. To say I`m over the moon is an understatement. Thank you Liz.

Whats more I`ve won a prize too. Not for a card unfortunately, but as a follower of Picture Perfect Creations.
I`ve won a pack of kraft card and envelopes. How cool is that???

Hopefully back tomorrow with a card.
Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

A quick card

Good evening friends!

.I have a quick card and an even quicker post today. 

I realised late on sunday evening that it was my neighbours daughters 13th birthday today. As I usually have to think about how I`m going to put a card together for a while before I start, it didn`t give me a great deal of time.
So, I did most of the work before I went to work yesterday and finished it off last night. A quick photograph this morning before I handed it over and a long wait til I had time to actually post it on here.
( As you can tell I haven`t quite managed a routine yet lol ).

It really is a basic card but, I think, pretty enough for a birthday girl.
I used digi papers from Pink Petticoat, using the Martha Stewart Doily punch on the flowery paper.
I added a piece of lilac ribbon and topped it off with a collection of Prima flowers and a sparkly brad.
The sentiment is computer generated and cut out with nestie.

Thats it from me for now, got to ring my dad so might be some time lol.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Orange Damask

Hello again!

Two posts today, maybe I`m catching up on all the time I missed.

I just had to get this one in quick as I realised the closing day for this challenge is midnight tonight.  
This is the colour swatch we were given at Color throwdown 

As soon as I saw these fabulous colours I knew I had to play along. This is my version,

 I stamped the damask pattern from Heidi Swapp in Versa color Orange onto plain white paper.
The striped paper is a digi download from  Shabby Princess.
I had downloaded a stamin` up colour chart and printed it off so was thrilled when my yellow ribbon was a near perfect match for Dafodil delight ( although it does look darker in the piccy).
I made some more `carnations` in orange in two sizes.
The only bit of green I could manage are the leaves I`m afraid. I stamped and embossed the small leaf set from Papertrey Turning a new leaf set and cut them out. ( very tricky... I really must get a leaf punch).
I added a big bow for a bit of flounce and thats it.

There you are Vicky... carnations and a bow. Be careful what you wish for...lol.

Right , better get this included in the challenge before I run out of time. See you all soon.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx 

Another card for Jean

Hello!!!
I`m here at last with a card.

My Dad rang during the week and asked me to make a card for Jean. This is the same lady I made the lilac card for a few posts ago. I decided to go with pink and this was the perfect excuse to use my brand new digi papers from Pink Petticoat. 
They are called vintage roses and remind me of Laura Ashley. This is what I did with them,

The photo isn`t very good I`m afraid. We had glorious sunshine first thing but by the time I had the chance to take a piccy, the sun had disappeared again.
I made a 5" x 5" square card, then cut a panel slightly smaller. I like this way of making cards as it gives a bit of depth and is also easier for wrapping ribbon round.
I used 2 pieces of Pink petticoat DP, one roses and one stripes. Wrapped the ribbon around the join to hide, then mounted the panel onto my card using foam pads.
Then I just went to town with the embellies.
I used some diamonte flourish bling, then added some pink roses from my stash.
Made a huge bow ( ofcourse) and added that to my ribbon.
I made the sentiment on the PC and cut it out with a nestie labels 4 die and voila!!!




Phew! I`d forgotten just how hectic life is when you are working. I`m doing afternoons next week so that should be easier and I am determined to keep on top of things so I can have more of my weekend free ( yeah right!) Lol.


Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

A quick note.

No card today, just a line or two to let you know I`m still around.
Firstly, I`d like to thank you all very much for your kind words of encouragement on starting my new job.
It`s going very well, I`m enjoying it more than I thought I would. As I said, it`s only part time, this week I`m doing 10 - 2 on the till. It`s a very busy shop so it`s all go, all the time and my poor feet are really suffering. Monday and tuesday I was in agony but I gave myself a foot massage ( Alan volunteered but I told him I didn`t recommend it) and as the week has gone on they`ve got slightly better. Considering I spent most of the last year sat on my bum crafting, 4 hours standing at a till is gonna hurt isn`t it ? Next week I think I`m doing afternoons which will suit me better. 10 - 2 is ok but by the time I`m home, rested my feet and done an evening meal, the day is almost over. And then there`s house work! Now I`m not house proud as anyone will tell you but I do like it to be clean and tidy. I`m sure that once I get into a routine I`ll have much more time for crafting and I do have one or two in the pipeline so roll on the weekend.
Thanks for popping in and I`ll see you all soon....Lynne xxx

My first Christmas card this year

Good Morning All!
And a happy monday to you.

The colour swatch and piccy over on Stacey`s blog Curtain Call Act #41  asks us to use these colours
While over on  Our Creative Corner 
we are asked for  `Christmas in July`, except it`s now August but who`s counting?
 After several failed attempts to get something lacey I decided to go with this for my card.

 It`s a design I used last Christmas after I borrowed ( stole) the idea from Sarita. If you`ve never seen any of Sarita`s beautiful creations you can find her blog HERE .
Please visit, you will be in for a treat.
I started with a DL plain white card.

I stamped an Elusive Images Damask background stamp in royal blue on to white card and embossed in clear EP.Then cut 2 circles with a circle nestie.
I cut the border using my borderbilities classic lace die in navy card stock, then added a slither of fawn card along the edge.
I used foam pads to raise it along the edge of my card.
I cut 2 pieces of navy ribbon at different lengths and added those to my card from the top then placed my ` baubles` circles on foam pads.
I`ve added some tiny blue gems on the circles for added bling and some on my border. I used some larger gems to highlight my sentiment.
Then I made 2 bows to finish my baubles off.
The sentiment is by Creative Expressions and is stamped in Royal Blue.

Not much else to tell you really. Hopefully I won`t be too worn out tomorrow and might even have another card to post seeing as I seem to be on a roll.

Thanks for popping in ...Lynne xxx

CAS and PDC and some news

Good afternoon all!

My card today is for 2 challenges Clean and Simple Stamping and The Play Date Cafe

Cas gave us this sketch 


and PDC gave us this piccy and the requirements are Black & White with a touch of Green.

This is my card

I think this must be one of the easiest cards I`ve made in a long time.
I`ve used an A5 top fold white base card.
I`ve matted some black and white DP from Dovecraft onto some green card leaving a very narrow border.
I stamped and embossed some leaves from Papertreys Turning a new leaf set in fresh green and carefully cut them out.
The butterfly is from Anitas and is stamped and embossed in white onto vellum.
I raised the leaves with tiny foam pads and stuck on the butterfly.
The sentiment is from Papertreys Autumn Blessings set and is stamped with black Stazon and raised with foam pads.
I toyed with the idea of doing a more flambouyant card but I seem to be in a cas mood today and this just fit the bill.

Now for my news. I am finally on the system at my new place of work and start tomorrow morning. I`m a little nervous as I`ve been away from working life for a year now and everything and everyone will be new but I`m sure I`ll soon get used to it. I must admit I will miss my carefree days of being able to do my own thing in my own time but I just keep looking at all the things I`ll be able to treat myself to.

Thanks for popping in ...Lynne xxx