Blackbury Camp Layout

Last year I posted (see here) about a visit to Iron Age Blackbury Camp in Devon. I finally created a layout of the event while at Debden this April. The photo shows Alan and me at the car, taken by our lovely friend Frances.

I used Basic Grey, Hopscotch papers and element stickers.

Prima and American Craft letter stickers.

Lots of machine stitching, stickles and perfect pearls.

A large feather butterfly and a length of antique lace.

Thanks for looking

Wedding Tea

I was asked to make another of the wedding boxes I made last year, for my sister's friend. This time the theme was to be tea party and the colours navy and cream. Geraldine and Richard were married at the end of April.

I purchased several sheets of pearlised navy wrapping paper from Paperchase and lots of navy and cream Bazzill cardstock. Then using the 'Once Upon a Princess' Cricut cartridge and a Martha Steward 'round the page' punch set, I came up with this box.

Sylvia also wanted a card to send Geraldine and Richard for their wedding day. I made one using some of the same items and some Basic Grey papers. 

For the card I also used a Craft Creations card blank in navy, perfect pearls gems and the Designer's Calender Cartridge for lettering.

For the greeting I used a Lili of the Valley greeting stamp, Stampin' Up ink and circle punch and a Woodware scalloped circle punch..

Best wishes to Geraldine and Richard. x

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 !

Request for fairies and Strawberries

Catherine asked me if her birthday card this year could feature fairies and strawberries. So that's what I did!

Stamp - Lili of the Valley - Glorious Cake, Happy Birthday greeting

Papers - Magnolia - Sweet Rainbow - Wild Strawberries

Card Blank - Craftwork Cards

Punches - Woodware and Stampin' Up

Promarkers - red, poppy, crimson, blush, ivory, blender, apple, leaf, bright green, caramel, tan, cocoa, walnut, cool grey 1 and 3

Cricut Cartridges - Lacy Labels

Stickles - Crystal and Xmas red

Perfect Pearls - Ruby red

Other - ribbon, gems pearls and nailheads

The strawberry handbag charm was bright pink and came from Primark - I coloured it with a red Promarker!

Wishing you a very happy 20th birthday Catherine!

Have a great day.

Thanks for looking.

Lynn x

1930's Dance Marathon

I wanted to scrap some of the photos from Catherine's play publicity photo shoot, and made this at our Scrapology crop last weekend.

I used the Kaiser Craft - Madame Boutique collection as the colours were prefect for her dress. I selected the 'Blouse' sheet for the background and the die cut circle sheet is called 'Lace'. I gutted a circle from the centre of the background paper before sticking the die cut sheet down. I inked the edges of the circle.

 also used:

Beige and turquoise Bazzill Cardstock

American Craft Thickers - self adhesive glittery letters for title

Cicut machine and Lacy Labels cartridge for the journalling block, cut from reverse side gutted piece.

Stampin' Up oval punches

Flat backed pearls

Perfect Pearls

Flat backed glass beads from Quixotic Paperie.

I am now working on a second page to go with this one, and will blog when finished.

Three Little Pigs and Co.

Hi, back with more animal cards. Pigs, cows and owls this time.

Again I used Create a Critter cartridge for the Cricut, Lili of the Valley Greetings stamps, bazzil card stock and DCWV paper stack. I addd gems and pearls, glitter and perfect pearls.

Thanks for looking.

Wild Things!

Further to my earlier blog entries with cards made using my Cricut here are the first batch of many I have been comissioned to make with a wild animal theme.

Again I have used a selection of papers and cardstock. Some using an 8" x 8" paper stack from DCWV - Kid's Safari. I used the Create a Critter Cartridge for the Cricut. All supplied by Cardinal Colours.

The greetings are stamps from Liliof the Valley. I added some inks, stickles, perfect pearls, gems and flat backed pearls.

Some of these will have names and / or ages added too.

Off to make some more!

Thanks for looking.

Good bye to Jo

I have worked with Jo for several years, and she is a good friend and great colleague. In the New Year she is off to Australia to start a new life with her husband a two young children.  We will all miss her, but wish her well with her new venture.

I made this card for the team to give Jo on her last day.

It's and 8" x 8" scalloped card blank from Craftwork Cards.

The papers are two identical sheets of Sweet Meadow paper also from Craftwork Cards, I cut one sheet to fit the card and used he second to layer up the flowers with 3D foam pads. Then I added, flat backed pearls and gems, buttons, stickles and perfect pearls.

All the edges are inked with chalk inks.

The letters are American Craft Thickers, Dear Lizzy pink foam.

The buttons are stitched in place with DMC thread.

A wide organza ribbon was tied in a bow at the top of the card.

We are really going to miss you Jo, but enjoy your self and keep in touch. xxx

Canvas Gifts

Merry Christmas to Jessica and Jamie who played a very big part in Mark and Vicki's wedding back in July. I wanted to make them a keepsake. So I matched up some papers and paint and made them a canvas each.

Here is Jessica's Canvas:

Some detail showing the charm.

The canvases were painted with pearl and shopping bag acrylic paints by Making Memories, and the papers are Basic Grey Wassail and some scraps of Prima Marketing. The blossoms are also Prima and others from my stash.The charm is Primark! I have cut the lettering on the Cricut with the Storybook Cartridge. I added gems, pearls, dragonfly brads and Perfect Preals. I used a button and lace to make the large blossom.

Here is Jamie's canvas, he took his duties very seriously and greeted everyone when they arrived.

Have a lovely Christmas you two and I'm looking forward to seeing you later today.

Happy Birthday Sue!

It was Sue's birthday yesterday, but I couldn't share this card until today as it was designed for the Scrapology DT November Card Challenge which was published today. So here it is!

I made it with a photograph I took in Rendlesham Forest. Based on a similar idea to Elaine's Card.

Patterned papers - Magnolia

Card Blank - Craftwork Cards

Stamps - Stampin' Up greeting, Lili of theValley image

Leaves - brown parcel paper, green bazzill

Inks - Color Box chalk inks

Pens - Promarkers

Die's - QuicKutz

Happy birthday Sue!

Warmst thoughts & Best Wishes

Or Last But Not Least!

The last of 12 Christmas cards made with my three little angels stamp from Lili of the Valley, not to say that I won't use them again!

I used:

Stamps - Lili of the Valley

Patterned paper - Magnolia

Packaging from Prima Marketing gems as mat for image

Card blank - Craftwork Cards

Punches - Woodware, 2" scalloped circle and Martha Stewart holly border

Other - ribbon bow, wedding floral decorations, gems, perfect pearls, stickles

Happy Christmas Karen!

Happy Birthday Elaine!

Elaine and Robert spent a weekend with us recently and we took a bike ride into the Rendlesham Forest. We were fascinated but all the mushrooms we saw and so I thought it would make a good theme for a birthday card for Elaine.

Patterned papers - Basic Grey - Oxford

Cardstock - Bazzill

Ribbon - Hobbycraft

Punches - Fiskers

Rub-on greeting - Making Memories

Stamps - Lili of the Valley

Pens - Promarkers

Other - gems, perfect pearls, chalk ink.

The mushroom is Amanita muscaria  known as Fly Agaric.  They are beautiful but Deadly poisonous.

Remembering a lovely weekend,

Happy Birthday Elaine!

Elegant Angels

Or Merry Christmas

Another 3 little angel card this time with this elegant shaped card blank, covered with patterned paper.

I have used :

Cardstock - Stampin' Up & Bazzill
Patterned papers - Stampin' Up
Stamps - Lili of the Valley and Stampin' Up
Punches - Stampin' Up Scallop Trim Corner & Scallop Trim Border, scallop circle and circle
Inks - Stampin' Up
Ribbon - Stampin' Up
Other - Stickles, Perfect Pearls
Pens - Promarkers
Card blank - Craftwork Cards

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Dotty Angels

Or Welcome Christmas Into Your Heart

Another angel card to show you today.

I have used :

Cardstock - Bazzill
Patterned papers & greeting stamp - Stampin' Up - glittered paper
Stamps - Lili of the Valley 3 Little Angels
Inks - Stampin' Up
Other - Stickles, Gems, Perfect Pearls, paper roses
Punches -Martha Stewart
Pens - Promarkers
Card blank - Craftwork Cards

More to come!
Lynn x

Quintessentially English

This is my layout for the December challenge over on Scrapology.

December's choice of layout brings you the scrapping skills of Pamela Young and this pretty page created for Miss Fancy Pants on http://www.scrapbook.com/.

You are challenged to create a page using 'filters', These can be purchased from Fancy Pants, or you can create your own with coffee filter paper, tissue or other papers. They can be used as they are, or they can be coloured with mists or paints. They can be pleated, cut or scrunched. We are looking forward to seeing what you do with yours.

Here is the sketch for this month:

My page was made using a photo of my daughter, Emily taken when we visited our friend Frances in Devon back in August. She took us along to a charity garden party run by her WI friends. We had tea and cake in the beautiful garden and Frances even found has for us all to wear. We had a great afternoon, enjoying this very English occupation. For more details see HERE.

I used:

Coffee filter paper

Cosmic Shimmer Mists

Butcher's Twine

Perfect Pearls

Gems

Decorative eyelet

Prima letter stickers

Cosmo Cricket - Odds and Ends Collection - Remnant, Scraps, From A to Z, Sampler, trinkets. I have been waiting to use these papers for some time and they were perfect for this photo, the colours were ideal and the roses are a perfect march for those in the garden.

I took my coffee filter paper and sprayed it with Cosmic Shimmer mists in green and bronze. I left this to dry while cutting the patterned papers.

I chose the striped side of 'Sampler' as my background.

I cut a large circle from 'Remnant' using the roses side and the outer edge of the very large Creative Memories circle template. This was set overlapping the bottom and right side of the layout, then trimmed the edges level with the base page, but not stuck down yet. 

I cut another circle from the red polka dot side of  'Fom A to Z' using the inside of the template. I cut this in half and took 1/4"of the straight side of each. I stuck these semi circles to a piece of 'Trinckets' about 1/2" apart and cut out leaving a border of about 1/2" around the outside. This was then mounted onto the 'Remnant' Circle. This also needs trimming where it overlaps the edge of the layout.

I chose and cut out the elements I wanted from 'Scraps' paper.

I added journalling to one, made a second into a tag (with a large flower eyelet and butcher's twine), and cut a third with a short quote. I set these aside and flipped the paper over to the green side. From here I cut a strip about 10" x 2" and trimmed this with a Marthar Stewart Border punch.

When the coffee filter papers were dry I cut one into 1" strips, pleated it ans stuck it to the edge of the largest circle of patterned paper to make a frilly edging. This could then be stuck to the layout, and the other circular pieces stuck in place on top.  Attach the scalloped border about 1" up from the bottom of the page, about 2" in from the left.

Next I arranged my photos according to the sketch, and added the three elements cut from the 'Scraps' paper. I stuck these all in place when happy with the arrangement.

I used Linda's Tattered Flowers die and the Sizzix to cut a lot of  flowers from the second filter paper and scrunched these up and smoothed them out again. Then I layered them up to make three flowers adding a gem to the centre of each. These were then arranged and stuck to the layout.

I added my title with the Prima letter stickers before adding more gems and some perfect pearls to decorate the elements already on the page.

Thank you for looking and do visit Scrapology for more details of this challenge 'F is for Filter'.