Baby Shower

Chelsey (and Sam) had a baby shower for their expected arrival in the next few weeks.
Here is the card I made for them.

 

I used a old Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp I have had a while now,
and coloured her with my Promarkers.

I glossed those big eyes with Glossy Accents.
The patterned paper is from Crafter's Companion

Ribbon roses and ribbon from my stash
Fern punch from Martha Stewart
'Baby Shower' die from Crafter's Companion

Sequins by Pink Paislee

Bazzill Cardstock

 A little glitter was added with Stickles

Good luck Chelsey - looking forward to hear of your new baby.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Selfie Card for Catherine

Here is the card I made for Catherine's birthday, using a Kraftin Kimmie stamp. I also used the scraps left from my March Papermaze DT layouts - Simple Stories, Carpe Diem.  The image was coloured with my Promarkers.

I also used:
Small gems
Letter stickers from Basic Grey
Stickles
Black Bazzill
Elizabeth Craft Designs greeting die
Lawn Fawn Stitched Journalling card blank 

Belated birthday wishes Catherine.

Thanks for looking
Lynn 

Congratulations On Your Engagement!

... to my daughter Emily and her fiancé James, who we know as Jack. Now that they are officially engaged I can share this card with you. I made this while at the Cardinal Colours 12 hour crop last month.

I used:

Rubber Stamps - Kraftin Kimmie's Moonlight Whispers - Sir Galahad

 and Queen Guinevere both from Quixotic Paperie

Papers from a 6" x 6" stack Pink Paislee Hello Sunshine papers from Papermaze

Border punch from Martha Stewart from Papermaze

White Opal Liquid Pearls & Crystal Stickles

Promarkers from Cardinal Colours (currently on special offer)

Bazzill Cardstock from Cardinal Colours

Tiny gems and alphabet dies from my sparkly friend (thanks Sandra) !

Congratulations!

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

Happy Birthday Anita!

It's my lovely friend Anita's birthday today and I am lucky enough to be sharing the day with her at Easthampstead Park for our crafty retreat. 

When I saw this stamp I knew it was perfect for Anita!

I used:

Stamps - Kraftin' Kimmie - Moonlight Whisper - Oh Snap!

Dies - Sizzix - Frame Instant Photo & Mini Filmstrip
Patterned Papers - Simple Stories - Say Cheese II - Say Cheese & Laughter
Pens - Promarkers
Collectables - die cut shapes from Kaisercraft - Mr Fox collection

I decorated the inside too - using the second stamp from the same set.

Wishing you a very happy birthday Anita.

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!

Here is the card I made for my lovely Mum for today. Mum is and has always been a keen reader and so when I saw this stamp by Moonlight Whispers - I knew it was perfect for Mum.

I used:

Stamp - Kraftin' Kimmie - Moonlight Whisper - The Bookworm from Quixotic Paperie
Patterned papers and letter stickers - Basic Grey - Out of Print - Etchings and Storyteller from Papermaze
Pens - Promarkers
Dies - Spellbinders

Flat-backed pearls
Liquid Pearls and Stickles
Ribbon

Blending Cardstock - Make 'it' Colour from Quixotic Paperie
Distress Ink

Happy Mother's Day Mum

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

52 Card Challenge 2014 - Week 27

Monday 30th June saw the start of the week 27 challenge and we are back to a colour prompt for inspiration. 

I was asked to make a card by my daughter to give a friend who is having a baby shower soon.

For details of this challenge please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog.
Look at the lovley colours to choose from in this image:

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While we don't have to use every single colour in the palette on the card, a simple selection of our choice of the colours is all that is required. 


I used:
Patterned papers Crate Paper - Emma's Shoppe collection
Card Blank - Craftwork Cards
Die - Sizzix
Ink - Memento and Distress Inks
Letter Stickers - Doodlebug Designs Inc.
Punches - Martha Stewart and Woodware
Other - Stickles, Liquid Pearls, roses, ribbon
Pens - Promarkers
Stamp - Kraftin' Kimmie

Thanks for looking.

Lynn x

Happy Birthday Andrew!

It was Andrew's birthday yesterday and here is the card I made and sent to him as he is still at university until the end of term. At least he is a little nearer than last year when he was in America for his birthday!

This is a 6" x 6" easel card made with:
Rubber stamp - Kraftin Kimmie
Papers and letter stickers - Authentique
Keyboard image from Google
Cardstock - Bazzill
Ink - Memento and Distress ink.
Pens - Promarkers
Gloss on glasses - Glossy Accents

Hope you have a good day Andrew and I look forward to catching up very soon.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Candle Gifts

There is an excellent tutorial on the Lili of the Valley site for decorating candles with stamps. So with a selection of stamps, my promarkers and a Memento ink pad, I set about making lots of these candles for my Cropping friends at Cardinal Colours.

Here they are in a bit more detail:

 Lili of the Valley Stamp

 Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp

 An Andrea Jane Evans stamp and a Molly Bloom stamp

 

Lili of the Valley Stamp

Lili of the Valley Stamp.

Then I gift wrapped them ready for today's crop.

Merry Christmas girls x

Thanks for looking, back with cards tomorrow.

Lynn x

Happy Birthday Mary Poppins!

It's Mum's birthday this weekend and I ordered this stamp many months ago when I first saw it as it's perfect for her - my very own Mary Poppins!

Every week, when my triplets were small, Mum used to travel over to my house early one morning stay over until the following evening. She would help me with all that needed doing for the babies and was great company too. As she had chosen to be called 'Nanny' by the children and her name is Mary she acquired the nick name of 'Mary Poppins'.

Using the Cricut, I cut the basic scalloped shape from black Bazzill twice to make a card blank. The little houses were cut from the Jolly Holidays cartridge. The image is a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp coloured with my Promarkers. The background was sponged with distress ink. I added gems and ribbon to finish off.

I would like to enter this card into the Kraftin' Kimmie challenge #200, Back in Black.

Happy birthday Mum.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Schools Out!

Claire Bell (Silver Custard) has set the card challenge over on Scrapology this month and this is my card for the 'Schools Out' theme.

I made this card for my son, Andrew's friend Anna in America, as she recently graduated. I used some paper by Magnolia, an image and a greeting stamp called 'Tessa Tassel' form Kraftin' Kimmie, letter stickers by Doodlebug Designs Inc. A 6" x 6" square card blank, ribbon and some Wild Orchid Crafts cherry blossoms and a rose. The die was by Sizzix, and I coloured the image with Promarkers.

Pop over to Scrapology for details of the challenge.

Congratulations Anna! Hope the card has arrived safely by now.

Catherine's Graduation Card

A graduation card made for strawberry loving Catherine for her graduation next week.
For inspiration I used a sketch from this week's I ♥ ProMarkers challenge (#176).

This is the sketch which I rotated.

I used:
Promarkers to colour the Kraftin' Kimmie image.
Papers from Doodlebug Design Inc - Sweet Cakes collection, including the strawberries I cut for the bunting (instead of flowers on the sketch). Doodlebug Design Inc. Teensy Type letter stickers
Machine stitching
Ribbon.
Memento and Distress Ink
CWC card blank & digital cardstock


Congratulations Catherine and looking forward to your graduation ceremony on Thursday.

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Emily's Graduation Card

 

This is the card I made Emily for her graduation last week.

I used:

CWC Card Blank

Sizzix Die - Scalloped oval

SU Ribbon

Button

Kraftin' Kimmie Tessa Tassel Image

Promarkers to colour image

 Patterned papers 6"x6" Bo Bunny - Mama-razzi2 collection and Ces't La Vie collection

Letter stickers from mys stash

Black paper
White Digital Cardstock
Distress Ink
Memento Tuxedo Black

Thanks for Looking and Congratulations to Emily.

Lynn x

Mojo Monday - Kraftin' Kimmie - Graduation Card

Andrew asked me to make a graduation card for his friend Aisha. I was looking for some inspiration when I found this sketch challenge on the Mojo Monday blog via the Kraftin' Kimmie blog.

 

 

I used some papers from the Lakeside collection by Kaisercraft, black and white Bazzill, a pearl, some Provo craft alphabet stickers and some silver glittery AC Thickers. I used a Sizzix die Tessa Tassel stamp from Moonlight Whispers (Kraftin' Kimmie). The image was coloured with my Promarkers.

Mojo Monday 300 Celebration

How to play:
1. Use the sketch as inspiration to create any kind of papercraft.  Feel free to substitute shapes.
2. Post it somewhere on the Internet. Use keyword Mojo300 if you post to an on line gallery.
3. Link your post back to the linky widget on the Mojo Monday blog.
4. Check the Mojo Monday blog on Tuesday, July 9 to see if you’re a winner!

Deadline:  The linky widget will close at 11:59PM today.

Congratulations Aisha!
Thanks for looking. Lynn x

Happy 21st Birthday Jem

This is one of the cards I made for this month's DT gallery for Scrapology. Please take a look at the blog if you want more details of the challenge and prize.

The challenge has been set by Shabana from Mei Flowers, and involves using this bingo card from Chrissy at Merly Impressions.
The idea is to choose three items in a row to include on your card, I chose layers, lace, flowers and Punches or die cuts.

I used a Kraftin Kimmie stamp Sophia, and my Promarkers. The papers are all from Basic Grey.

Happy birthday Jem !

Thanks for looking.

Mellow Colours of Autumn

This weeks Kraftin' Kimmie challenge 'Fall into Fall' is to use autumnal colours.

I chose a Moonlight Whispers stamp called 'Curtis', and coloured him with my Promarkers. I stamped his image onto the striped paper to cut out his dungarees to stick to the image before colouring. The sentiment came with this stamp too.

I knew I had several Basic Grey collections that would work for this challenge, and decided on the retired Mellow collection

I used these papers to layer up the image and used the Fabulous Findings Cartridge with the Cricut to make the tag. 

The image and the greeting were stamped with brown Memento ink onto digital cardstock. 

I added some paper leaves which have been in my stash for some time. along with the Mellow papers!

I looped some thick jute twine through the tag top.

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

Dotty Dorothy

The challenge for week 137 over on the Kraftin' Kimmie Blog is 'Lots of Dots'. So I selected some old  papers from the Pink Paislee - Spring Fling collection and the newish KK Dorothy stamp.

 

I stamped Dorothy onto digital card already cut to shape using the Cricut and the Lacy Labels cartridge. I restamped her onto dotty patterned paper and cut out her dress. I coloured the image with Promarkers, including adding shading to the patterned paper. 

I also used:

Dotty ribbon

button

Baker's Twine

Metal tag pin

Stampin' Up greetings stamp from the Swirls and Curls Verses set

Stampin' Up circle and scalloped circle punches

Liquid Pearls

Chalk inks by Colorbox

Thanks for looking

Lynn xxx

Robert & Elaine

Happy Wedding Day

My brother Robert and Elaine were married while in Brazil on 30th May.
I made them a Tri Shutter Album as a card. I took some photos from Facebook, but hope to replace them with better quality photos soon. I will also ask them for more images to fill the album.

The closed album from the front

Opened out for the first folds

 

Opened out completely

Close up of left hand pages

Close up of centre pages

The back ready for more photos

Close up left hand back pages

Close up of right hand back pages

Back of closed album

Centre illustration using Kraftin' Kimmie stamped image ' Ever After' and sentiments.

I wanted to protect the album and make a gift box for it. I had been send a flower card for my birthday a few weeks earlier, and that came in a book style box. So I painted the edges with acrylic paint and covered the box with more papers.

Painting the box edges

The finished box

The album inside the box.

The cardstock is Kraft Bazzill

Patterned papers, letter stickers and monograms are all from Basic Grey's Blush collection.

The image is coloured with Promarkers.

I look forward to adding to the album as photos are available, and to celebrating the marriage in this country later this month.

Belated happy wedding day wishes to Robert and Elaine xxx

Happy Birthday Emily!

Here is the card I made Emily for her 20th birthday. Coloured to suit her current hair colour and ever present love of books!

I'm entering this card into the Kraftin' Kimmie challenge #123 - Tag Time!

I used a new stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie - Priscilla - purchased from Quixotic Paperie.

Punches - Woodware,Stampin' Up

Greeting stamp - Lili of the Valley

Papers - Bo Bunny - Garden Girl

Letter sticker tags - Doodlebug Designs

Promarkers

Cricut for tags

Gems, chalk ink, perfect pearls and ribbon.

Happy Birthday Emily !

Knight in Shining Armour

I found an image I coloured a while ago and as I still had the bits out on my desk from making Nicola and Stephen's wedding card, I matched them up to make this card.

Papers - Bo Bunny Enchanted.

Stamps - Kraftin' Kimmie

Pens - Promarkers - Cool Greys 1 - 5

Silver ric-rac

Black flat backed gems

Silver miri card

White Craftwork Cards card blank 6" x 6"

Nadine and a Kraftin' Kimmie Card Challenge

This card is for this week's Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps challenge #116.

This week the challenge is to use this sketch which I flipped 90 degrees.

I used:

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp - Nadine

Papers - My Mind's Eye - A Happy Heart

Punches - EK Success border punch, Stamin' Up oval punches

Color Box - Chalk inks pink and yellow

Craftwork Cards - greeting, card blank, white digital card

Perfect Pearls, blossoms, gems, pearls, ribbon

Promarkers - mustard, pale yellow, cardinal, burgundy, baby pink, sunkissed pink, carnation, dusky rose, tan, cocoa, caramel, ivory and blush.

Thanks for looking.