Sketchbook Saturday # 59

Good Afternoon All!

It`s ages and ages since I last played in the Sketchbook Saturday Challenge over on Chupa`s Blog but this week she has such a wonderful CAS sketch it would have been rude not to join in.

As I still had some snippets of the papers I used in my last post, I can also enter this one into Pixies Crafty Snippets. ( Yes Di I have Jelly Babies this week)

Ofcourse you know me, I couldn`t make just one card, I had to make three.

The papers are all from Pink Petticoat Brocade Collection in Pistachio, Sassy and Plum.
The sentiments are Layers of Color Happy Wishes stamp set stamped in Versafine Onyx.

I love this sketch and I think I`ll probably use it again and again. I`m thinking masculine cards now. All I need is some time arghh!

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Hip and trendy...

...or at least that is what I`m aiming for.

Good afternoon All, I said yesterday that todays cards were going to be a little bit different. Whereas yesterdays Mum card was a bit twee and, in my opinion, aimed at older mums, todays will hopefully appeal to the younger mums out there.
We`ve been looking at wallpaper for our bedroom and while the colours I`ve used today are nothing like what`s going on our walls, I couldn`t help but notice the "in trend" colours for home decor. So that`s what I`ve gone with.

As you can see I`ve used the Brocade DP from Pink Petticoat again (love this paper) in Plum, Sassy and Pistachio.
The flowers are all made with tissue paper (Poundland) cut out with a nestie scallop circle die and scrunched.
The sentiment is computer generated and I`ve added some gem stones to finish.

Up here in my corner of the UK we tend to say Mam for Mother although Mum is creeping in more and more .As these are all for the fundraising box and the market I`m aiming at is more likely to say mam I thought I`d use it.

Ofcourse I could have got it all wrong and the truely hip and trendy will think they`re a bit naff but I won`t know until I try will I ?

The weather here today is awful. Strong winds and heavy showers and it`s sooo cold. More like february than may. I hope we`re going to get a heatwave in June or I might go into hibernation.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Wonderful Mum.

Good Afternoon all!

A quick post for change from me. The playground over at Pixies Crafty Snippets has been extended to two weeks so this gives me a chance to show the second card I made from my white card snippets. This one is not for a specific Mum. It`s another card to go into the fund raising box and I thought it was time I made some cards especially for the mums. I really ought to be doing Dad cards but they take much more thinking about lol.
Anyway,here it is,

No image this time. I thought the embossing on the panel and the beautiful flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, were enough to keep it delicate and simple.
The sentiment is computer generated and cut out with a nestie label 4 die, mounted onto a nestie beaded oval.
I`ve added a pale pink ribbon and bow to finish.

I`ll be back tomorrow with some more Mum cards that are about as far removed from this one as you can get.
Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Less is More #67

Good Evening all!

It`s one layer week at Simply Less is More this week and Mandi and Chrissie have asked to use,
                            3 Stamps
not 4, not 2 but only 3 stamps.
It`s not quite as easy as it sounds.lol.

  Now I know I`ve used this stamp before for a LiM challenge but it`s  perfect for an A6 card and besides, I like it ...a lot.
The main image is a Flourishes stamp, Lenten Rose and the sentiment is from the same set.
The butterfly stamp is also by Flourishes, this time from the Gerbera daisy set. All coloured with a mixture of Spectrum Noir pens and Promarkers except the water in the vase and that`s a watercolour pencil.

Just to remind you that it`s one layer month over at St Lukes Charity Card Challenge this month too so why not make two cards and enter one there. You could also donate your card to sell to raise much needed funds for the hospice .
Which reminds me, I`ve got a million boxes and lids to make tonight so I can send my donations off, better dash.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

A whoo hoo, a Ruby update...oh and a card.

Good afternoon all. I hope I find you well. It`s a bit breezy here today but at least no rain as yet, fingers crossed.

I`ll start with my whoo hoo.
About a month ago I recieved an e mail from Heather at Papercraft Inspirations Magazine asking if I`d like one of my cards to be included in the 100th edition. Well ofcourse I had to think about it...for about a nano second and it is now on the shelves. Co- incidently Tara and Jenny my fellow DT members from St Lukes are also on the same page. How spooky is that?
I`ve been wandering about with a massive grin on my face for a month now, this is so cool...I`ve been published..yayyy!

Right, time to calm down now.
Ruby had to go to St James (Jimmy`s) hospital on tuesday as this is where they will be having her radiotherapy.
Tuesdays visit was to show her all the machinery and what it does so she wouldn`t be too scared when the process begins. She also had to have a mould made for a mask to protect her from the radiotherapy. The play co ordinator met her there and they turned the whole business into a game for her and she loved it apart from the actual laying down bit for the mask. Not a problem at all, they expected to have to sedate her and they did, everything went well and Ruby wasn`t fazed in the least.
The radiotherapy treatment starts next tuesday and she has to have treatment every day, monday to friday for three weeks. She is also having a different course of chemotherapy for the next 34 weeks. We are all still very positive but I think we`re still prepared for her to be a bit more poorly this time. Ruby still amazes us how well she has taken all the prodding and poking, treatments. surgeries, both major and minor and even the upheavel of being away from home. She is certainly one very strong spirited little girl.
I`ve added a couple of pics so you can see the toll it`s taken on her.

The first one is from Alans and Rachels wedding last september.

 This one was taken in my living room 5 days after her major operation to remove the tumour and a kidney.
You can see how her hair has thinned and just how much weight she has lost but she just doesn`t let anything bother her. I know theres a long way to go yet but I`m sure with her spirit she`ll come through this even stronger than she is.

Phew, well if you`re still with me I`d better show you my card.

 This is a style I`ve used lots of times before and probably will again. Very simple but I like it.
One thing I`ve found over the past few months is the amount of white card snippets I have accumalated. I tend to used a full A4 sheet to print a tiny sentiment or image so I`ve quite alot of nearly full sheets in the box.
This whole card is made from snippets so I`m entering it the playground over on Pixies crafty snippets. I missed last week and had hoped to have a selection for this week but it wasn`t to be.
I made the card by making a panel slightly smaller than the base card and running it through the cuttlebug with a swiss dots EF.
The image is from Flourishes Orchids set coloured with markers and cut out with a nestie labels 4 die.
The sentiment is from the same set and I`ve added a ribbon and bow.

I`d like to take this chance to welcome my new followers, Sparklygirl Tina,Kathy, Crafty Stamper and Alleta.
Thank you for choosing my littleblog to follow.

Well I don`t know about you but I`m worn out now after all that.
Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Less is More #66

Good Afternoon All!

First of all I`d like to welcome Rachel. Thank you for choosing my little blog to follow.

The first week of the month at Less is More is always a colour challenge and this week we are to use.
                                                                  Yellow
Yellow is one of my all time favourite colours. It screams out sunshine, spring flowers and warmth for me, so, apart from orange, I`ll take yellow anytime. Thank you Mandi and Chrissie, you made my day.
After a really stressful week at work and not much crafting done, I got carried away yesterday and made 3 cards.

 For my first card I printed a Quatrofoil pattern in sunshine yellow from Pink Petticoat straight onto an A4 sheet of card. I trimmed it down to a tent fold A6 and added a fishtail banner in white card.
To make the banner I simply cut a strip of card and used the corner of a square nestie to make the fishtail.
The flower is handmade using yellow tissue paper cut out with two sizes of scalloped circle nesties, scrunched up and held together with a pale yellow brad.
The sentiment is from Personal Impressions.

My second card is an A6 side fold white card. I made a panel and ran it through the cuttlebug using a Crafts Too Damask EF then matted it onto some bright yellow card. The panel is placed using foam pads.
I made a banner the same way as the first card but this time I matted it onto yellow card, then made some rolled roses using a Marianne Designs Rose die. This sentiment is also from Personal Impressions.

My last card is made from the left overs of the other two.
I started by printing the sentiment straight onto the card from the computer then trimmed to size (A6) tent fold.
I cut out the circles with  nestie circle dies in 3 sizes and placed them using foam pads. I`ve added a heart gem to the 2 plain ones.

And there you have it. It`s been a horrible week at work, nothing that concerns me but y`know when there`s an atmosphere and some of the staff have been really upset, it rubs off on you? I think everythings sorted now anyway.
We decided to have a run out to the seaside today. The weather could have been better but what the heck. We got fish and chips from the best chippy in East Yorkshire ( Seafront Chip Shop in Hornsea) so, no sunday roast to cook Yippee!
Not a great deal to tell you about Ruby but I`ll give you an update during the week.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

St Lukes Charity Card Challenge...May 2012

Good Morning All!
I hope I find you well and not too soggy after all this horrendous rain we`ve been suffering.

As it`s the first of the month it means it`s time for a brand new challenge over on the St Lukes Charity Card Challenge.
 This month we want to see your       Single Layer Cards.
You can stamp, draw, emboss or any other technique that takes your fancy as long as it`s straight onto the base card.
We have another fabulous prize for the outright winner for May , two gorgeous stamps from  Lili of the Valley,

And here is my card to give you some inspiration,

I`ve used a Humphrey stamp from Crafters Companion, coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and Promarkers. The sentiment is from the same set.
A really sweet and simple card. I don`t often do cute cards but I really love these Humphrey stamps. You may just be seeing a few more....

Don`t forget you can donate your card if you want to, or any others you might have spare. All funds raised by selling these cards go towards the care of terminally ill adults at the hospice. All details on the main blog.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx