Girl Guides

Challenge 7 for the Bramford Monthly Scrapbook Crop, virtual National Scrapbooking Weekend Challenge. This time we were asked to use a sketch.

For some reason I had three copies of this print, which was ideal for the sketch. The photo is my sister and me in 1973, in our front garden, just about to set out on a guide day out. We would have been 11 and 13 years old. This one is for my sister's album.

This is the sketch:

I found some old papers from October Afternoon, Farm Girl collection, which had the perfect colours for the photos. I also used a sheet of Natural Bazzill and some Doodlebug Designs letter stickers.

The tags were cut with a sizzix Thinlits die set and I used a selection of ribbon and twine to finish these off. They were attached to the page with some Stampin' Up brads.

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Bright Lights Christmas Cards

For my crafty friends I made these cards for Christmas, I used some new stamps and a punch from Stampin' Up.

I used the Making Christmas Bright Stamp Set together with the Christmas Bulb Builder Punch. I punched a bulb to use as a template and blended ink over and around it using various colours of Distress Ink. Then I stamped the bulbs with Archival inks and punched out the shapes, adding them to the card with double-sided foam pads. The bulbs were linked together with some Baker's twine. I used miri card to punch the bulb ends and added them to each bulb.
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Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Gold & White Christmas Card

Time to start making cards for Christmas. I made this card for some of my friends and relatives, it was inspired by a card made by Inky Moose, that I saw on Pinterest.

 

I used gold miri card
White card
White card blanks
Greeting stamp by Stampin' Up
Cosmic Shimmer Mix
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Funky Floral #1
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Festive Greens
Kaisercraft Decorative Dies - Sketch Circle
Flat Backed Pearls in white and gold

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

Little Boxes!

Using up some scraps of patterned papers I thought I would try out the Sizzix milk carton die I purchased a long time ago and have not made use of yet. 

These little boxes would make great place markers for the dinner table.

I also used Stampin' Up and Woodware circle punches 

Papers are Sugar Plum by Doodlebug Design Inc.

The alphabet die is from Die-namics

Thanks For looking
Lynn x

Merry Christmas to the New Grandparents

My friends Hilary and Mark became Grandparents for the first time in September. I thought a good Christmas gift would be a framed scrapbook page of their newest family member - Elliot.

I used an Ikea frame and papers and stickers from Kaisercraft. I added lots of gems, pearls, stickles, liquid pearls and some lacy paper strips. The punches for the bunting are from Stampin' Up.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Do You Want To Build A Snowman?

A project for the Papermaze Make and Take sessions at the Christmas Crop earlier today. Several years ago my lovely friend Anita made these snowmen for all her friends at a crop and I was lucky enough to receive one. When thinking of something to do for a quick make and take session, I remembered these, worked out how they were put together and adapted them a little.

Here is my Snowman:

Hope you all enjoyed making these ladies, they make great tags, or table decorations.

I used:

2 x Circle dies
Tealight (approx. 1 ½”)
Circle punch 1”
heart punch (mini)
SU Word Window Punch
MS Branch punch

Ribbon 10”

Big Shot or Cuttlebug

Cardstock – White (4” x 6”),
Cardstock scraps in black, brown & red

Glittery red cardstock

Chalk Ink – pale blue

3D sticky tape
Stickles
Liquid Pearls

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Snowman Poop!

"Heard you've been naughty

So here's the scoop -

All you get for Christmas is Snowman Poop!"

I found this idea of Pinterest by Shannon White and made these cards for my friends at today's crop at Cardinal Colours.

I added another idea found on Pinterest to add labels to the Tic Tac packs from a blog called 'Somewhat Simple' with free printables.

I used a variety of different embossing folders and the Sizzix, Bazzill cardstock, digital cardstock, ribbons, Distress Markers, corner & circle punch, the Cricut and of course Tic-Tacs.

Hope you all like these fun cards and enjoy the crop today.

Thanks for looking
Love Lynn

Happy Birthday Simon

It was Simon's birthday during the week and so I am a little late showing this card.
I made the card to hold his gift voucher.

The stamps JOFY sailing boat and Stampin' Up greeting
Acrylic paints
Archival Ink pad
Bazzill Cardstock

Hope you had a good birthday Simon. See you later today.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Dublin 2014

We had a 12 hour crop at Cardinal Colours last weekend with a great set of crafty girls. I made up some kits to work on during the day and I used a Page Map as a source of inspiration for this one.

The photos were taken by Alan of Catherine and me, when we first arrived in Dublin last summer. We were exploring the city along by the River Liffey - such a lovely day.

I used:
Patterned papers, alphabet & element stickers - Basic Grey - What's Up collection,
Die - sizzix for the photo wheel
Letter stickers - American Craft - Thickers
Punches - Stampin' Up
Other - wooden heart element, metal word bars, glittery plastic glasses from an old key-ring, button, twine
Sewing machine and thread
Ink - Dristess ink

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

Slate Coasters

I am away at Easthapmsted Park in Berkshire for an annual crafty weekend with a great group of friends. We have a tradition of making one another small gifts each year.

I was thinking about this years gifts when I saw some heart shaped slate coasters. I purchased these with the idea of decorating them. Out came my stamps, inks and paints.

The stamps I used are:

JOFY13 from PaperArtsyr
Stampin' Up Pocket silhouettes & Faith in Nature
Non Sequitur 4D On Gossamer Wings & 5C Old Fashioned Romance

Together with:

Acrylic Paints
Crackle Glaze Medium
Antiquing Cream
Archival Ink Pad

Here are the individual coasters:

All wrapped and ready to go:

Thanks for looking

Lynn x