Fluffy Bear and Bunny

Two more cards made using the Cricut Design Space and My Scrap Chick downloads. I loved these fluffy characters.

I used scraps of patterned papers and Bazzill cardstock

The greetings die is from Elizabeth Craft Designs

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Crazy Tea Cups!

I made this card for my lovely friend Anita, although it was her birthday a week ago I wanted to give her this card with her gist at East Park.

To make this card I used the Cricut Explore and a design I downloaded from the Design Space. The card is A4 as this is the size the design work out to be if you don't resize it. It takes many layers of Bazzill cardstock and what I hope Anita will agree are 'her' colours. After cutting, inking and layering all the pieces. I made it sparkle with Stickles glitter glue, Liquid Pearls and gems.

Hope you had a great birthday Anita and a lovely weekend at East Park.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Spring Faces

Back to the cards made using My Scrap Chick SVG files and the Cricut.

Again I used downloaded SVG files again and decided not to add greetings so I can use them as note cards.

More patterned papers, cardstock, chalk and distress inks, together with a few highlights and details drawn in with gel pens.

These cards were simple to make but effective and fun.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Pigs with the SVG files

Happy Easter to you all.

Following on from yesterday's selection of Easter cards, here are some of the other finished cards I cut at the same time.

These little 5" x 5" cards are made with two of the designs from the Trio of Piggies SVG file.

The card blanks are cur from thick patterned papers.
As before I inked all the edges.

The second one was intended to be a tag, but I mounted it on a card instead.

I used lots of stickles and liquid pearls as well as gems to add some sparkle. A couple of ribbon bows were added too.

Thanks for looking, more to follow.
Lynn x

A day with the Cricut for Easter Greetings

I dusted off the Cricut the other day as I decided I would make some Easter cards and needed quite a few. I had already downloaded a few SVG files from My Scrap Chick and thought these would make quick, cute cards. The other benefit was to make me use up lots of scrap cardstock and patterned papers.

Here are some of the creations:

I used a greeting stamp bu Lili of the Valley, and circular punches by Stampin' Up and Woodware. All the pieces were inked with either Chalk Inks or Distress Inks. I used a selection of card blanks from mys stash. All of these cards are 6" x 6".

I also cut many more images while I was busy cutting these, and I will show you these another day.

My Scrap Chick have recently improved all their SVG files for better cutting and fold lines with the Cricut, so if you tried before will limited success it is now worth trying again.

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

Rosie's Rainbow

I have a few hours to myself this afternoon and had just seen these photos of my cousin's daughter Rosie, so decided to make a layout with some Doodlebug Designs Inc. products  ideal for rainbows.

Rosie went to Build a Bear yesterday and helped make her own bear - 'Rainbow'.

For the layout I used:

Cardstock - Bazzill

Patterned papers - Doodlebug Designs Inc. - Springtime Collection - Bright and sunny & April showers

Scraps of patterned papers - Various collections by Doodlebug Designs

Gems - Doodlebug Designs Inc. - Mini Jewels 

Chipboard letters - Woodware Chippies - die cut chipboard alphabet

Cardstock heart trim - Bazzill Just The Edge strips

Acrylic Paints & Glossy Accents for painting the chipboard letters

Rub-ons - Stitches and letters  by Doodlebyg Designs Inc.

Teeny Type letter stickers- Doodlebug Designs Inc. - Poolside

Chalk Inks - Colorbox

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

The Dodd Sisters

Over on Scrapology this month we are inviting you to join us in scraplifting the talented, Australian scrapper Melinda Spinks . We have called the challenge 'S is for Squares'.

Here is my layout:

The photo shows my cousins in New Zealand back in 1958. Kathleen Mary age 8, Susan Elizabeth age 6 and Glenda Raewyn at 2 years of age. This photo was a Christmas portrait.

I used:

Patterned papers - Kaisercraft - Rustic Harmony

A selection of flowers and embellishments from various Papermaze kits purchased over the last few years:

Badge buttons

Twine

Dew Drops - clear

Decorative Pins

Chalk Inks

Rubons - Basic Grey & Making Memories

Embossing folders

Kraft Cardstock - Bazzill

I cut the patterned papers and cardstock into 5cm squares and embossed some of them, before inking the edges and arranging them on the background paper. The photo has four layers to the mount.

I had lots of rubons in my collection to choose from, I had just sorted them all out as I won a Sticker storage system in a crop raffle at Cardinal Colours last month. I find some makes of rub-ons are much better than others, the two I used above are easy to use and give great results. Although I love most of the Kaisercraft products I find some of their rub-ons impossible to 'run on'! Please comment with your experiences using various makes of  rub-ons, would love to hear what you have discovered.

Here is the original layout and the sketch:

Do pop over to Scrapology and take a look at the details of the challenge.

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Esme's Tree

I loved this photograph my friend Amy took and added to Facebook. It is her daughter Esme by the tree back in December. After completing my 'Christmas Eve' layout, I had some of my December Papermaze crop kit left over.  Together with some Bo Bunny papers and other embellishments I created a new layout. Lots of gloss and glitter added which doesn't show will in the photo.

I used:
Scalloped circle template - Technique Tuesday
Patterned papers - Bo Bunny and Simple Stories
Stickers - Simple Stories
Cradstock - Bazzill
Alphabet Stickers - American Crafts Thickers
Cricut - Create a Critter, Lacy Lables and Simply Charmed cartridges
Ribbon and ric-rac
Gems
Glossy Accents, Stickles and Chalk Inks

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

52 Christmas Crackers 2014 - Week 44

A dip in the prompt jar this week. Please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog for details of the challenge.

Here is my card including these three elements:

I used:

Patterned paper, candi, topper and card blank all from Craftwork Cards
Chalk Ink
Ribbon and gem from my stash

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

52 Card Challenge 2014 - Week 44

This week we have three prompts from the prompt jar.  Please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog for details of the challenge.

Here is my card for Karen:

I have been playing with some Craftwork Cards goodies I have had for some time: 

Flower and butterfly die cuts, Patterned paper, Plain papers and cardstock & Card Candi.

Die - Marianne Design Dies

Chalk Inks

These were the prompts - 

Thanks for looking - back with a Christmas version tomorrow.

Lynn x

Alfred William Humm - Heritage Layout

After making a male heritage layout last week of my Great Uncle Bill, I used the same paper collection to scrap this photo of another Great Uncle, this time is the turn of Alfred Humm.

I used:
Patterned papers & Element Stickers - Kaisercraft Pickled Pear Collection
Letter stickers - Simple Stories - Snap for dates and middle name and American Crafts Thickers for first and last name.
Dies - Memory Box
Other embellishments - Twine, brads, buttons, acrylic paint, label from Fat Face dress, chalk ink,

My hidden journalling reads:

"Alfred William Humm
Known as 'Alf'

Born 8th February 1902 in Wandsworth, London to Henry William Humm and Susan Dunn. Alf was one of six children.

Alf married Edna Ellaline Bryan Holder on 26th May 1928.

They had two daughters Joyce and Janet.

Alf died in May 1994 in Eastbourne, Sussex

The complication in our family tree is that Edna's brother Ernest married Alf's sister Winifred (Ernest and Winifred were my grandparents)."

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

52 Christmas Crackers 2014 - Week 43

A photo inspiration prompt for week 43 - in the form of a Pinterest pin. Here is my Christmas version of the challenge.Please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog for details of the challenge.

Here is a reminder of the prompt photo:

I Used:

Patterned papers - K and Co.

Die - Quickutz

Stamp - Hero Arts
Chalk Ink
Heart Brad
Gems

Kraft Tag

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

William David Holder - Heritage Layout

I have been busy working on the family tree as I have had some time off work. It was time to create some pages for the male ancestors (always find it easier to create pages for the ladies). After shuffling papers around for the afternoon, I finally made a decision and got going in the evening  yesterday. With the help of some inspiration from the Merly Impressions monthly challenge sketch for October.

Here is my layout featuring my Great Uncle Bill (William David Holder). 

The hidden journalling reads: 

"William David Holder

Know as Bill, my great uncle.

In researching my family ancestry I discovered William
was born on the 16th August 1906 to Frederick Henry Holder
& Emma Jane Florence Williams Holder, 13th of 14 children.
They lived in 120 Southlands Road, Bromley, Kent.

Bill married Ivy Maud Elsdon (1901 - 1987)

They had five children - Barbara, Philip, Lesley, Olive and Robin.

I found a relationship with Lilian Freda Elizabeth Able and their child Christopher .

William died in Bromley on 27th December 1978."
Lynn 30/10/2014 Here is the sketch:

I used:
Acrylic paint to drybrush
Patterned  Papers and Element Stickers - Kaisercraft's Pickled Pear Collection
Dies - Wplus9, Spellbinders, Sizzix
Letter Stickers - Snap Studio, Simple Stories
Other - dew drops, Chalk Inks, buttons, Twine, 3D Foam Pads, Brad, wooden element and Liquid Pearls

Thank you for looking, just two days left of this challenge.

Lynn x

52 Christmas Crackers 2014 - Week 42

A Christmas card using the great set of colours from this week's prompt. We had a photograph to work with (see below). Please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog for details of the challenge.

Here is my card:

Here is a reminder of the colour prompt photo:

I used:
Patterned papers - Crate Paper
Rub - on's Basic Grey (snowflakes)
Die Cut - Glittery snowflake - Craftwork Cards
Greeting - Craftwork Cards
Chalk Inks

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

52 Christmas Crackers 2014 - Week 41

Back with my Christmas card for the 'Sketch Prompt' challenge for week 41. Please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog for details of the challenge.

Here is my card, (remade as the first one was covered in ink before I had a chance to photograph it!):

Here is a reminder of the sketch:

I used:
Scrapbook papers and letter stickers by Doodlebug Design Inc.
A very old Santa shirt sticker from Jolee's Boutique
Cardstock - Bazzill
Ink - Chalk Inks by Color Box

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

52 Card Challenge - Week 42

A great set of colours in the form of a photograph to work with this week. A great selection of shades for autumn into winter. 

Please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog for details of the challenge.

Here is my card for Emily and Jack as they move into their new home in Beeston, Nottingham:

I went with the shape of the photo as well as some of the colours. This is the prompt photo:

{Pinterest pin}

I used
Patterned papers for paper piecing - Crate Paper
Tag - Prima Marketing
Stamp - Woodware - Tall House
Ribbon - Seam binding - Stampin' Up
Chalk Inks

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Clara May

Here is my layout for this month's design team gallery over at Scrapology 

This is my great aunt Clara May Holder

The journalling reads:

"Clara May Holder

Born in 1900 to Frederick Henry Holder and
Emma Jane Florence Holder née  Williams.
Clara was sister to my grandfather Ernest, she was the eighth
child of fourteen.
Born in Bromley, Kent, she lived with her parents
and siblings at 120 Southlands Road.
Clara married Thomas Vincent Marsh in
1931 - Kensington, London."

We've chosen a stunning layout by Julianne, The Bling Princess.

Here is Julianne's original layout and our sketch:

For my page I used:

The Cricut and the Lacy Labels cartridge to cut all the label shapes

Patterned papers from Kaisercraft's Periwinkle collection

Dies Sizzix - Sizzlit Tattered Florals Decorative Strip

Letter Stickers - Foam white Thickers by American Crafts
Chipboard shapes from Hobbycraft
Acrylic Paint - Gold and Cream

Lace, a bow and ribbon from my stash
Colorbox Chalk Inks
Flat-backed pearls
Half a clock face from a previous layout

Punches by EK Success and Martha Stewart

Thanks for looking

I will be back soon with two cards made with the leftover scraps of paper from this layout.

Lynn x

Good Luck in Your New Job

Today our boss, Head of Care at chYps had her last day working with us as she moves on to another hospice and promotion next week.

We are out after work tonight to send her off in style! Here is the card I made for the team to sign.

It had to be mostly pink as that is Tracie Pink's favourite colour.
I used:
Patterend Paper - Simple Stories and Doodlebug Designs Inc.
Cardstock - Bazzill
A4 Card Blank - Craft Creations
Cricut - PAisley (car minus the zebra and the glasses), Doodle type (letters) & Create a Friend (Tracie).
Other - Stickles, White gel pen, Chalk Inks, flat backed pearls and gems.
So here she is driving away, waving goodbye in her MG.

Wishing you all the best in your new role at Richard House Tracie.

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Engaged to be Married

My great grandparents feature in this layout, adapted by class kit designed by Chrissy Tingey of Merly Impressions. I was unable to attend the retreat this summer, but did purchase some of the kits. The one for this design was sold out but with the help of Linda who kindly purchased me some of the papers and gave me her left overs from others  - I was able to put this page together.

My journalling has been printed onto left over scraps and cut into strips then inked, and layered up with more scraps and inked again, I have added it in sequence around the photos. It reads:

"Frederick Henry Holder and Emma Jane Florence Williams.                                                    

These photographs are thought to have been taken in celebration of their engagement. They were married at Hatcham on 9th February 1886. Emma Jane would have been about 19 and Frederick was 25 years old."                                             
                                   

The stitching was created using a Sew Easy tool by We R Memory Keepers, and DMC black embroidery thread.
I used a dark grey sheet of Bazzill as a base.
I used Sizzix dies to cut the photos and their mounts. I kept the photographers details from the bottom of one photo to add to the layout.
The papers and butterfly stamps are from Kaisercraft's Kaleidoscope collection.
I used black chalk ink for distressing the edges of everything.
I added a few tiny butterflies cut with a Martha Stewart 3 in 1 punch. The fronds are also a Martha Stewart punch.
Stickles was added to the wings of all the butterflies to give some sparkle.
The roses were from Snape Maltings last Christmas.
The letter stickers are from Prima.
Under the tears I have added a little antique lace.


Here is Chrissy's delightful original design:

Thanks for looking and thanks to Linda for sharing.
Lynn x