Happy Wedding Day

I was asked to make a wedding card for a pink colour schemed wedding. This is what I came up with. 

The image is from Lili of the Valley and the background paper is from Crafter's Companion. I cut the image and the mats are cut using a stacking set of dies from Sizzix. The greeting dies are also from Crafter's Companion. The words were cut from pink and and coated with Glossy Accents.

I used a selection of flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, and the leaves were cut from scraps of paper with a Martha Stewart punch. finally I added dots of Nuvo Crystal drops in pink, white and silver.

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

More Calendar Girls

Time to catch up on blogging some of the cards and other things I made over the last few weeks. There have been so many birthdays in March. Here are four of the cards I made to give my lovely, crafty March birthday friends.
 

Again I used the Lily of the Valley Digi Stamps - Thoroughly Modern Misses images, together with their Monthly Traits wording. It is interesting to note that this company has now become digital only.

The Happy Birthday die is by Presscuts and the upper case lettering dies are a set by Die-Namics.

I used various 6" x 6" paper pads from my stash to make each card, together with ribbons and cardstock. All the cards are 6" x 6". I coloured all the images with my trusty Promarkers. Another change to note, and which I only discovered as I needed to replace a few colours after many years and much work. They are now produced by Windsor and Newton and not Letraset. I like the way the end cap is now labelled with the colour and code. 

 The first birthday to be celebrated by the crop girls was Jane, ...

 ... closely followed by Jackie. 

 

 I was priviledged to spend the day with Jill on her birthday as we were all away together for our annual weekend of crafting at Easthampstead Park.

 

 Last, but not least, Alison's birthday was earlier this week. 

There was another special birthday this month within our group, which I will share later. Also still to come this month are my own three babies with their 26th birthday on 31st. 

Thanks for looking. 
Lynn x

Calendar Girls

Today I'm sharing some more of my Lily of the Valley - Thoroughly Modern Misses cards. These were made with Digital cards, but rubber stamps and simply prints are also available. The Monthly Traits are also from Lily of the Valley. Here are my January and February cards.

This first one was made for my great niece - Jessica for her birthday. The background was made with a stencil, and some Glitter Kisses and Distress Inks in three shades of blue. The greeting is a die from Creative Companions. All the cards were coloured with my Promarkers.

For Kerry's card I used some patterned papers from Crafter's Companion. and some embellishments from my stash.

 

Liz's card uses more of the items used above, with ribbons from my stash. 

Wendy's easel card was again made using papers and pens etc. as above. All these cards are 6" x 6" in size.

Hope you all had a good birthday.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Happy Birthday Elaine

 

It was Elaine's birthday on Friday and we all got together to celebrate last night. 

I made her a card with the Lili of the Valley digi stamps from the Thoroughly Modern Misses collection. This time I chose the February girl together with the 'Monthly Trait' for December. 

I printed them onto digital cardstock and coloured them with my Promarkers.

The greeting is from Crafter's companion, and the patterned papers and ribbons are from my stash.

Happy birthday Elaine
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

New Baby Girl - Card and Crochet

Baby Scarlett Rose joined our family on 28th November. Here is the card I made to congratulate my nephew Sam and his fiancée Chelsey. 

The image is from Lily of the Valley, stamped with a Memento ink pad and coloured with Promarkers. The patterned papers and ribbon are from my stash. The cardstock is Bazzill and the rosette was cut using a Sizzix Sizzlit Decorative Strip die - Mini Paper Rosette. The words' Girl' and 'New Baby' are cut with Crafter's Companion dies. The cards was finished off with some Distress Ink, Liquid Pearls and flat backed pearls.

I also made Scarlett a bunny Lovey to snuggle up to.

 

Impressed by the work of my friend Alison, who has made several of these in different colour combinations - I looked for a pattern to download. I found this one by Amy Ramnarine - The Stitchin’ Mommy at www.thestitchinmommy.com 

Welcome Scarlett Rose
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Happy Birthday Heather

 

Today is Heather's birthday and I made her a card using the new Thoroughly Modern Misses digi stamp for December from the collection by Lili of the Valley. I also downloaded the 'Monthly Traits' to go with the girls. 

I printed the girl and the trait onto watercolour paper, and used my Distress Inks to colour the image.

My greeting is a Crafter's Companion die.

The old patterned papers and ribbon were from my stash.

Happy Birthday Heather, lovely to see you today and hope you had a good evening with the family.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Wedding Day - Abby & Ricky

I was asked to make several cards and gifts for a couples who were married over the summer. Here is the first of those commissions.

 

I purchased and downloaded a Simply Print image called Mr and Mrs from Lily of the Valley and cut the image into a circle with one of my  Stitched Mat Circles by Lil' Inker Designs. 

The lacy effect cirlce and border are cut using a Sizzix Thinlits die set 'Doily and Doily Border'. The flowers are dies from Crafter's Companion.
The papers and letter stickers are from an old Basic Grey collection 'Plumeria'.

Embellishments include a wide and narrow ribbons, sequins, & flat-backed pearls.

I also inked my papers with 'Dusty Concord' Distress Ink.

I added a little decoration to the inside of the card too. 

The gift is a framed crossword made with wooden scrabble letters. The words chosen especially for the happy couple.

As well as the letter tiles, I used:

'Sand Box' Dotted Swiss Bazzill cardstock

White Bazzill cardstock
3 in 1 butterfly punch by Martha Stewart
gems

9" x 9" Frame from Ikea

 Best wishes to the bride and groom.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Birds at the Gate

Two easel cards from another SVG file from My Scrap Chick

Two little bluebirds sitting on a picket fence gate.

Card closed

Card opened ready for message to be written on panel.

 I used scraps of Bazzill cardstock, Distress Inks, white gel pen, Lili of the Valley greeting stamp, some tiny black flat-backed self adhesive pearls.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Birthday Bookworm for Emily

Happy birthday Emily!

I made this card for Emily using a My Scrap Chick SVG file, and a combination of Graphic 45 - Rare Oddities papers and Bazzill cardstock. I used a Lili of the Valley stamp for the greeting and that is layered up using circle punches.

I loved the fact that the papers had a library print and the book titles and other images in this collection Emily's sort of thing!

Happy birthday Em.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Wedding Card for Nicola and George

Today is the wedding day of Nicola (my cousin's daughter) and George.

I made this 8" x 8" card for them.

I layered up white and pink cardstock, together with silver Miri card, the top embossed layer has a paisley pattern and is from doodlebug Designs Inc. 

I cut the scalloped circles using the Cricut, and some digital card. The stamp is from Lili of the Valley and is stamped in Memento Ink and coloured with Promarkers. 

The lettering with shadows cut using the Cricut and pink and white card, and lots of Stickles.

My flowers are all from Wild Orchid Crafts and the leaves are made with a Martha Stewart punch, green card and stickles.

I dded a butterfly from my stash.

The inside was decorated and another Lili of the Valley stamp used to create the greeting, but I forgot to photograph it!

I wish Nicola and George a very happy day today.

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

Happy Birthday Catherine!

Here is the card I made for Cath. This stamp from Quixotic Paperie appealed to me for her as she is mad about all things 'STRAWBERRY'!

Papers - Bo-Bunny, Doodlebug Designs
Cardstock - Bazzill
Stamps - Lili of the Valley & Berry Sweet by Tiddly Inks (from Quixotic Paperie)
Punches - Stampin' Up & Martha Stewart, Woodware
Markers - Copic
Letter dies - Sizzix Sizzlets
Inks - Memento & Distress Inks

Glossy Accents & Stickles

Happy Birthday for last week Cath.

Thanks for looking.

Lynn x

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to you all.

Here are the cards I made for family and friends.

I used some papers I had in my stash, I think they are Echo Park.

Cardstock - Bazzill
Dies - Sizzix Sizzlets decorative strip - Tattered Florals

Pearls and Gems
Punches - Martha Stewart, Stampin' Up & Woodware
Stickles and Liquid Pearls

Ink - Distress Inks, Memento
Stamp - Lili of the Valley

Happy Easter
Thanks for looking

Lynn x

1st Wedding Anniversary - Sarah and Gavin

Exactly a year ago I was commissioned to made a wedding card for Sarah and Gavin (see HERE). Last week I was asked to make the happy couple a 1st wedding anniversary card along similar lines for the celebrations on 30th July.

I used:
6" x 6" scalloped card blank
Bazzill in white and Jade green
Cricut and the Storybook cart for font
Dies by Marianne Dies and Memory Box
Punches by Stampin' Up and Woodware
Stamp by Lili of the Calley
Flat-backed pearls
Ribbon

Happy anniversary Sarah and Gavin.
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

52 Week Card Challenge 2014 - Week 20

Over on Nat's Kool Kitty Musings Blog  The theme for week 20 was based on a very popular tradition of ...

'Show and Tell'

Reminds me of when the children were in reception class and were allowed to take something for show and tell each Friday. Trying to steer them away from taking anything too precious was often one of my biggest challenges.

Every crop I go to we tend to take along our recently acquired techniques, newest gadgets, papers or embellishments to show off and share with all! Often holding mini workshops.

So for week 20 we were asked to make a card to featuring a recent crafty purchase.

I'm a week behind with this challenge owing to the Disney trip followed by a weekend trip to Manchester to bring Andrew home from Uni.

Here is the most recent acquisition to my crafting tools

Die-namics alphabet dies in upper and lower case these cut beautifully and pop out of the die so easily.
I was inspired to but the Lawn Fawn dies having seen Natty use them.
All three of these dies were used on this new baby card for the lovely Helen and Adam who had a baby daughter earlier this month.

I also used:
Patterned papers - Doodlebug Designs Inc. Petite Prints in bubblegum Pink
Inks - Memento Tuxedo Black for stamping and Colorbox Chalk Inks
Crucit - New Arrival Cart.
Stickles - Crystal
Card Blank - 6" x 6" scalloped card by Craftwork Crafts
Cardstock - Miri card and Bazzill
Punches - Woodware
Stamps - Stampin' Up and Lili of the Valley
Other - lace, gems, ribbon

Here is the inside of the card:

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

52 Christmas Crackers - Week 18

Back with my Christmas card for this week's photo prompt challenge (For details of this challenge please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog)

Here is my card -

and here is the photo prompt:

{Pinterest pin}

Here are the elements I focused on (in case you were wondering!):

• The geometric pattern of the wall paper is reflected in the background - papers by Kasiercraft - 6" x 6" Christmas paper pad which was free with a magazine. 
• Random circle backgrounds - like the plates, - the baubles and the greeting - I used the Cricut Joys of the Season cart and altered the shape in The Cricut Craft Room. The greeting is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and a Lili of the Valley Christmas Sentiment.
• Bright pastel shades combined with a vivid colour for pop - I kind of ignored the actual colour scheme!!
• A touch of gold and mint - Gold in the bauble tops and the greeting surround, Mint in the velvet ribbon trim and the patterned paper on the baubles. 
• Pink and white stripes - the twine is pink and white striped.

I also used:

3D foam pads, double sided tape, blank card 6" x 6" made from kraft bazzill and Tea Dye Distress ink.

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

Freebies for Easter - Cotton Candy

I made this selection of Easter cards using the free papers from Simply Homemade Magazine Issue 3. They were from the Cotton Candy Kisses collection by NitWit.  I made six cards and still have enough left for a few more. I have quite a collection of free papers and magazines stored away, but the reason I used these was for my contribution to the design team gallery on Scrapology for April.
The challenge is to use freebies from magazines to make a card.

I added:
Buttons
Twine
Stamps by Lili of the Valley & Paper Artsy Jofy
Distress Inks
Gems and Pearls
Punches - Martha Stewart, Woodware and Stampin' Up
Ribbons

Here are the cards again:

Thanks for looking and please take a look over on Scrapology for details of the challenge.

Lynn x

52 Christmas Crackers 2014 - Week 14

Back with my Christmas version of the Kool Kitty Musings challenge for week 14 with the photo inspiration prompt.

Details of this challenge can be found on the Kool Kitty Musings Blog.

A reminder of the prompt:

Here are a few ideas from Natty to kick start creating thinking:

• Clean and Simple design
• Herringbone/chevron pattern
• Muted/natural tones with one bold colour
• Real wood effect background
• Use a stencil/stencil techniques (original pic is created from a stencil)

I used:

* Patterned papers - K & Company 6" x 6" paper pad (Herringbone/chevron pattern - turned into irregular checkered pattern!, Muted/natural tones)

* Stickers - Anita's Dimensions Poinsettia and holly leaves - dimensional effect as stickers are only sticky in centre and have fold lines, they are pose-able (free with a magazine years ago). (with one bold colour)

* Greeting stamp - Lili of the Valley
* Punches - Woodware and Stampin' Up

* Inks - Memento and Distress Ink - Old Paper (Muted tones)

* Stickles - Silver to coordinate with the silver on the stickers.

* 3D foam pads
* Card Blank - Kraft Cardstock

Thanks for looking

New challenge tomorrow.

Lynn x