Gift Wrapped!

Meet Stanley! One of my sister's new kittens (Dougie to follow). This photo was taken after about a week of her welcoming the kittens to her home.

This layout is for today's FTLOFF Cake Day (6th Anniversary) first challenge - titled Battenberg. The aim is to use a 4 square gird and / or a pair of colours. So I went for red and white and a gift parcel effect, which divides the page into 4 parts. 

For this layout I dug into my store of prescious stash, that I have been saving for something special.

The border is a paper from Magnolia Ink's Sweet Christmas Dreams collection and is called Lingonberry Christmas.

Over this I added a sheet of trimmed white Bazzill, after splattering it with red, white, balck and silver acrylic paint.

The photo was mounted onto some Basic Grey's Black Tie collection background papers (scraps). These are great because they are distressed they are no solid colour and have many other colours running through them.

I tied a bow in dark red ribbon, matching the ribbon in the photo as closely as I could. To this I added two tiny silver bells, just like on Stanley's collar.

The letters for the title (and stars) are from my stash and an old glittery red alphabet from Making Memories, and some silver glitter letters of unknown manufacturer.

The label sticker is another treasure from Basic Grey.

Back soon with a layout featureing little Dougie.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Happy 50th Birthday Elaine

My brother asked me to make a card for his wife Elaine's 50th birthday earlier this month. I took inspiration from Kath Evans on the Sizzix website and Cathie Cowles on her blog.

I used watercolour paper and a selection of Distress Oxide Inks. The dies are a Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits set called Happy Hour.

I used Glossy Accents to make the glasses look shine, and a touch of Stickles to add sparkle to the ice cubes and fizzy drinks.

I splashed some Dylusions Black Marble Ink spray over the background paper, before adding the elements.

The letters were cut using Tonic Studios Windsor letter and number dies, and a Hero Arts greeting die.

Happy Birthday Elaine.
Thanks for looking
Lynn xxx

Mrs. Claus

 ... and now Mrs. Claus, completed to go with Santa. Another character designed by Larissa Holland (mmmcrafts), and part of the Twas The Night Before Christmas collection.

They now both hang on the tree togehter.

Next I hope to make the Little Elves.
Thanks for looking
Lynn

Happy 3rd Birthday

This little girl is a very colourful character, and so this photo of her having (wooden) birthday cake for breakfast on her birthday was ideal for this week's FTLOPP challenge.

The task for week 10 of the Be Colourful challenge was to use all nine colours from the previous weeks. So I have used - Sapphire, fuchsia, yellow, white, tangerine, purple, purple, teal and scarlet.

I used a rainbow cut file by Paige Taylor Evans - Paige by Page, cut from white Bazzill. I also used white Bazzill for the base of the layout.

Some of the papers are also by Paige Taylor Evans - Pink Paislee Horizon #12 for the frame, and scraps of #3 for backing the cutfile.

The star paper backing the clouds is from Shimelle's Field Trip collection - Stay Curious.

The title is created with American Crafts Foam Thickers.

The coloured areas of the rainbow have been given a sparkle with some Nuvy Crystal Drops - Gold Coast. Finally I added a smatterine of timy gems.

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Santa Claus

Here is my version of Santa Claus tree decoration, designed by Larissa Holland - mmmcrafts

Having made the 12 days of Christmas decorations I was delighted to see that Larissa had added to her collection. He is made with wool felt, with pipe cleaners, beads, sequins and embroidery threads.

Difficult to get a good photo in today's fading light.

I have made a start on Mrs Claus and will add her to the blog when she is finished.

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Enchant - CSI 339

Another case solved for the CSI challenge - #339. I sude a photograph I took in Washington D.C. last Christmas. We decided to visit the world's largest light maze on the night before I left to return home.  

I used papers from the Bo Bunny - Carousel Christmas collection

to address the clues:
Polka Dots - Papers
Christmas or winter themed elements - fussy cut items from the paper collection
Shiny Things - sequins, holographic card for title
Banners - cut from paper
Pom-poms - trim
Deer or other animals - reindeer
Topic - Document a Christmas event

Thanks for looking,
Lynn x

Christmas @ Hogwarts

Little Scarlett with her parents visited Harry Potter World recently and enjoyed the attraction all done up for Christmas.

In these photos they are standing infront of the big Christmas Tree. As the tree was surrounded by gifts wrapped in red, I decided the photos would be ideal for this week's FTLOPP Be Colourful challenge - Sumptious Scarlet. 

I used:
White Bazzill
Bella BLVD - Christmas Cheer collection - Jingle All The Way and stickers
Making Memories - Fa La La - Glittered Poinsettia Red
S.E.I. - Doodley-doo Holiday - Tree Trimmings
Red Glitter Card
Doodlebug Design letter stickers
Simple Stories Sn@p Stickers
Cricut and Burton's Nightmare font
Echo Park Star Stencil
Distress Ink - Candied Apple
Distress Paint - Candied Apple, Festive Berries, Picket Fence, Black Soot
Sizzix Thinlits - Woodlands and Retro Merry Christmas

Thanks for looking,
Lynn x