Winnie

The lovely Anita designed a class layout using Kaisercraft Violet Crush papers a while ago. This is what I made with her kit.

I cut my title on the Cricut with the Winter Woodland cartridge. Some of the flowers are layered with 3D foam and gloss added with Glossy Accents. I added some lilac flat-backed pearls. The butterflies have Stickles added for sparkle!

This is another of my family ancestor photos. - Winifred J. Holder known as Winnie (born 1913, married to Jack Taylor in Bromley in 1935) was the eldest daughter of my Great Uncle Walter Frederick Holder, known as Chum or Chummy (b1886) and his wife Ethel Rosina (nee Fuller, 1888 - 1955) married in 1910. All lived in the Bromley area. Peggy's younger sister was called Margaret E. Holder known as Peggy (born 1919).

Thanks for looking and thanks to Anita for the class.
Lynn 

52 Card Challenge - Week 30

Week 30's challenge is based on a technique-based prompt. It's all about achieving the look of negative die-cutting. For details of this challenge please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog.

Here is my birthday card for my daughter's boyfriend George.  They are away on holiday so I gave him his card a little early:

I filled my aperture with a Stampin' Up treat cup filled with water!

The background paper is from My Mind's Eye and the stickers and other papers are from BoBunny's Barefoot and Bliss collection.
I added flat-backed pearls and gems and cut the greeting with the Cricut.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

First and Last Guinness!

The first kit of a selection from the recent Merly Retreat. I was unable to go myself this year, but was able to purchase some of the kits (thanks to Chrissy and Linda).

I chose this one to do first with a photo from our recent trip to Dublin (the reason I was not at the retreat). On the day we arrived we walked around the city exploring and ended up in the Temple Bar area. Catherine tried a sip of Alan's Guinness and decided that one was was enough!

The original layout was designed by Ali Parris for Kaisercraft and uses the Happy Snaps Collection (papers and stickers) on Coconut cardstock. The Hexagon stamp was randomly stamped with Memento Ink. I added some Glossy Accents and a few gems to the camera.

This layout is not my usual style but quick and fun to create and I have plenty of papers left over to make another one or two.

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

52 Christmas Crackers 2014 - Week 29

Back with my Christmas card for week 29. For details of this challenge please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog.

This weeks challenge has been created by picking three items from the prompt jar:

I used:
Card Blank - Craft Creations
Patterned papers - My Mind's Eye - The Merry Days of Christmas - All Aglow
Cricut - Elegant Edges & Winter Frolic
Cardstock - Miri card & Bazzill
Ink - distress Ink & Memento
Stamp - Stampin' Up
Other - Flat-backed Pearls & 3D foam pads

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

52 Card Challenge 2014 - Week 29

Week 30 launched today but I'm catching up with getting week 29 blogged!
My card for week 29 is based on another dip into the prompt jar for inspiration.
For details of this challenge please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog.

Here are the required ingredients:

I used:
Card Blank - Silver grey 6" x 6"
Cardstock - Bazzill
Patterned papers - Pink Paislee - Hello Sunshine
Cricut - Elegant Edges & Birthday Cakes
Letters - American Craft Thickers - Foam
Ink - Distressed Ink
Other - Gems & Ribbon

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 3rd Birthday Annabelle!

I was asked to make a 3rd birthday card for a very girly little one call Annabelle. I found this Lili of the Valley stamp which I'm told is 'just her'!

I used:
Letter stickers - foam Thickers from American Crafts
Patterned paper - Doodlebug Designs Inc.
Cardstock - Bazzill
Inks - Memento and Distress Ink
Die - Sizzix, Sue Wilson Spellbinders Finishing Touches Classic Bows
Stamp - Lili of the Valley
Pens - Promarkers
Other - Ultrafine glitter

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Happy Birthday Mark

Following on from the previous two cards made for my parents and my sister and her hubby who celebrate their wedding anniversaries on the same weekend, my nephew was born on my parents 25th wedding anniversary so we had a birthday to celebrate last weekend too!

This is the card I made the music loving Mark.

I used Patterned paper from Basic Grey's Serenade collection
The Cricut and the Musical Notes digital cartridge.
Stamps by Wplus9
gems
Distress Inks
Card Blank from Craft Creations

Happy Birthday Mark!
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Happy Wedding Anniversary

We had two wedding anniversaries this weekend just passed, my Sister and her hubby on Saturday and my Mum and Dad on Sunday. I have already shared the latter and so here is the card I made for Sylvie and Bob.

To make this card I used:
Patterned Paper from Basic Grey's Sugared collection
Scraps of Bazzill cardstock from other projects
Card Blank from Craft Creations
The Cricut and the 'Sweethearts' cartridge
Pink and white Bakers Twine
Liquid Pearls
Distress Ink
Stickles and a gem for a little sparkle
Flat-backed pearls
Ribbon

Hope you enjoyed the celebrations.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Dreams and Delights

The card challenge on Scrapology this month has been sponsored by Tracey Dutton from Lavinia Stamps is challenging you to create a card based on 'Dreams and Delights'

Here are the two cards I had fun making for the design team gallery.

I used various Lavinia stamps to create these cards, lots of masking was involved for both of them. For the first card I used distress inks and a brayer to create the background on matt card. For the second one I tried Linda's Gelli plate with the prayer and inks.

I also used:
Black Bazzill
Greeting stamps are from Lili of the Valley
Scalloped edge scissors
Ribbon
Liquid Pearls & Stickles
Stampin' Up punches
8" x 8" card blanks from Craft Creations
Patterned papers from Basic Grey's Marrakech collection
Inks - Distress Inks, Adirondack dye ink pads, Memento, Versafine Pigment ink and Promarker pens

Pop over to Scrapology to see what the rest of the design team made for inspiration and have a go at our challlenge, there is a great prize on offer too!

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

52 Christmas Crackers 2014 - Week 28

Back with my Christmas card for this week, and I'm finally up to date again after my holiday. For details of this challenge please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog.

A quick reminder that this week's prompt came in the form of a photo for inspiration to get us kick-started. :) {Pinterest pin}

Lots of lovely features in this set of images that can be translated onto a card - I picked up on the fancy frame using the Cricut to cut a frame with the Sophisticated cartridge. I used black as a striking contrast colour element. I picked out the aqua for the background and red from the roof both from My Mind's Eye papers.

I focused on a quote/word art by cutting the word 'CHRISTMAS' with the Cricut using the Designer's Calendar cartridge and some silver glitter Thickers. 

I also used some Christmas sticker freebies, gems 3D foam pads and Liquid Pearls.

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

52 Card Challenge 2014 - Week 28

My card for this week was created using a photo prompt:

For details of this challenge please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog. This week's prompt photo below {Pinterest pin}

There are a lot of lovely features in this set of images - I picked out the fancy frames and a banner from the 'Victorian Romance' cartridge. I used black and white Bazzill cardstock and aqua patterned paper from Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry collection. My silver letters are 'Peel-offs' and I have embellished the frames with some Liquid Pearls. The frames have been built up with 3D foam pads.

Happy Anniversary Mum and Dad!

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

A Special Request

I was commissioned to make a card for a friend Tina's mother on her 80th birthday - sounds simple enough. Then Tina said her Mum loved her garden - sounded like a perfect theme for an 80th birthday card for a lady... then she added she also needed it to feature her Mum's favourite TV star - David Boreanaz from Bones - not quite so simple! 

Here is what I came up with in the end: 

I used:
Patterned papers - Basic Grey's Wisteria collection.
Card Blank - Craftwork Cards
Dies - Die-namics for upper, lower case letters and numbers, Memory Box for flowers, gate, fence and leaves
Punches - Stampin' Up - circle and scalloped circle, Woodware - Corner rounder
Ink - Distress Inks
Other - Flat-backed pearls and Stickles

I added a few die cuts and punched shapes to the inside too.

Hope you have a great weekend celebrating Tina's Mum.

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

52 Christmas Crackers 2014 - Week 27

Back with my Christmas card for week 27 challenge and we have a colour prompt for inspiration. For details of this challenge please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog
Look at the fab colours in this image and all the possible options it offers:

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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 made a very simple one this week using colourful papers and picking out a few colours from the inspiration image for the Santa - I used:
Patterned papers - Ki Memories
Sticker - SEI
Cardstock - Bazzill
Cricut - Simply Charmed
Inks - Distress Inks

Thanks for looking
Lynn 

52 Christmas Crackers 2014 - Week 26

My Christmas card for this week's prompt is a sketch prompt but Nat didn't have a drawn sketch for us to follow, instead she had a card design for us to use as a jumping off point for the layout of our card. 

For details of this challenge please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog   Here is my card:

This is Natty's lovely wedding card offered as inspiration:

I used:
Dies - a very old die cut gingerbread man I cut years ago at a crop - Sizzix (Thanks Linz)
Patterned papers - Making Memories - Fa La La
Inks - Memento and Distress Ink
Punches - Martha Stewart
Stamps - Papermania
Other - ribbon, 3 D foam pads, flat- backed pearls, buttons, Twine, Liquid Pearls
Cardstock - Bazzill

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

52 Card Challenge 2014 - Week 26

This week's prompt is a sketch prompt but Nat didn't have a drawn sketch for us to follow, instead she had a card design for us to use as a jumping off point for the layout of our card. 

For details of this challenge please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog

Here is the card Natty made for a wedding:

Here is my version. I wanted to make a pearl wedding anniversary card for my friends Mark and Hilary who were married only a few months after us. So not only was the layout of this card ideal, so was the theme and some of the images.

I used:

Patterned Papers and stickers - Basic Grey's Porcelain collection

Cricut and the Heritage cartridge. 

Flat- backed pearls, Liquid Pearls

Stamps - Wplus9

Inks - Memento and Distress Ink (pumice stone)

Thanks for looking, back soon with the Christmas version.

Lynn x

52 Christmas Crackers 2014 - Week 25

A quick Christmas card for the 'Whatever the Weather' challenge:

Any form of weather needed to feature on the card. For Christmas the obvious choice was Snow! For details of this challenge please this week - for more details please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog.

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This pin image was used to help inspire us.

I used:

Patterned paper - K and Co.

Sticker border - Colorbok

Greeting sticker - freebie from a magazine

Ink - Distress Ink

Stickles, Liquid Pearls

Thanks for looking

Continuing to catch up with blogging these cards now completed week 25.

Lynn x

52 Card Challenge 2014 - Week 25

Here is my card for the 25th challenge - details of this challenge please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog

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Inspired by this Pinterest Pin - any form of weather needs to feature on the card, Natty says "go all cheery with rainbows and sun shines, feature cute puffy clouds, include an inspirational quote about silver linings and the like, and for winter you know what particular type of weather will work - snow!"

Here is my rainbow inspired card:

I used:
Papers and stickers by Echo Park - Summer Days Collection
Stamp - Hero Arts
Ink - Memento and Distress Inks
Pens - Promarkers and Gel Pen
Die - Sizzix
Cardstock for card blank - Bazzill


Thanks for looking
Back later with the Christmas version.
Lynn x

SPRING FEVER!

This month Scrapology have chosen a stunning layout by Stacey Cohen to scraplift.

Having just returned from Disneyland Paris when I prepared my DT layout I chose to use some photos from one of the parades 'Spring Fever'.

I used:

Cricut - flowers

Punches - Woodware corner rounder & Martha Stewart 3 in 1 butterflies

Daisies - Wild Orchid Crafts

Stickers - Simple Stories and Doodlebug Design Inc.

Cardstock - Bazzill

Ink - Distress Ink and Chalk Ink

Font - Walt Disney Script V4.1

Die and stamp - Wplus9 Banner

Other - Buttons, 3D foam pads

Here is Stacey's pretty layout ...

 

... and our sketch as always

Please go to Scrapology to see the layouts created by our design team to give you some inspiration. You will find details of the challenge and prize too.

Thanks for looking

Lynn