Bean Bag Comfort for your Tablet or Ipad

The first Saturday of the month finds me at the Cardinal Colours Crop in Sussex. Looking for a gift idea for my lovely scrapping friends, I found an idea on Pinterest for Bean Bags for IPads etc. I had noticed a few of my fellow crafters following patterns on their devices and thought it would be good to have them at a handy position to work from white stitching, scrapping, card making, crocheting and knitting.

Here are my efforts after adapting the patterns I found a little:

The bags are designed for the IPad, so plenty of room for my smaller tablet. I know most of the girls have the IPad, so made the bags to fit them.

 This one was made to match some other items I have made for Linda in the past.

Bags of fun!

Great fun to make and hope your girls all have a great Christmas. xxx
Thanks For looking
Lynn xxx

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

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care

This card reminds me of the Christmas poem 'Twas the night before Christmas.

Lots of little bits and pieces to die cut and attach, the flower centers were added with Liquid Pearls. After embossing the fireplace Distress Ink was stenciled through the die. Basic Grey - Figgy Pudding paper was used for the wall paper.

Crafter's Companion Classiques Christmas Collection - Christmas Fireplace
Crafter's Companion Classiques Christmas Collection - Fence and Gate

Bazzill Cardstock

Miri Card
Scraps of metallic and other cardstock
Sizzix Bigshot for cutting and embossing dies

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

Florence Piggott Banks (Driver)

Florence Piggott Banks Driver

This layout has taken a while, I seem to have had several attempts at moving forward with it. 

Papers - Maja Designs 

Stencils with texture paste.

Sizzix die and Kraft Bazzill decorated with flat backed pearls

Various blossoms and leaves from my stash.

Tando Clock face

Acetate doily's

Scallop edge scissors and Liquid Pearls

Here is the history bit:

Florence is My 3^rd cousin x 3 removed

Birth 28 May 1857 in West Hampshire, Essex, England
Died 28 December 1939 Seekonk, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A

Father – Alfred Joseph Humbley Banks 1828 – 1866

Mother – Louisa Andrew Ferris  1824 - ?

3^rd child
Older brother Montague 1849 – 1902 and sister Ferrisa Banks 1851 - ? and Egan C. A. 1856,
Younger brother Gerald Lay 1860 – 1907, sister Eliza Ada Littler 1867 -1895Married Joseph Driver in 1881Emigrated to Canada and lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba 1881South Dufferin, Manitoba 1887 Stanley Manitoba 1891Morden, Selkirk, ManitobaCamp Hughes Winnipeg in 1916 (Camp Hughes was a Canadian military training camp, located in the Rural Municipality of North Cypress west of the town of Carberry in Manitoba, Canada. It was actively used for Army training from 1909 to 1934)Two sons Joseph Ferris Driver and William North Driver

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

Welcome Baby Elliot James

I made a card for my friend Hilary when she became a grandmother for the first time back in September. She sent me some photographs and I made this card using one of them and a selection of papers and stickers from Kaisercraft.

I also used some white Bazzill, blue ribbon and some gems and pearls.

Congratulations to Hilary and to Chris and Steph as well of course
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Boo!

Happy Halloween All - here is a card I made while playing with my Bird Crazy Stamps.

I used a Tim Holtz Tag stencil as a stamp and inked it up with Distress inks and spritzed it with water. The bird and accessories were stamped with Archival Ink and coloured them with Distress Markers and a paint brush. This was all worked on water colour paper. The letters were cut with a Sizzix die.

Using the same technique I made the following cards:

Happy Halloween and thanks for looking
Lynn x

Mirror Image

Inspired by several different layout ideas I have gathered together in my mind, I created this layout which I later adapted for the Papermaze crop. It is a photo of my daughter Catherine from a photo shoot she had back in March 2013 - this one is for Catherine's album.

I used:
Bazzill in white & blackbirdPatterned paper (for the original BoBunny - Head Over Heels)
Patterned paper for kit page Dear Lizzy, Fine & Dandy – Stay Wild, Cheerful Chatter & Bright Bows together with  Amy Tangerine, Rise & Shine - ClaireMoonlight & Kaleidoscope Memory Box Butterfly dies Sizzix Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die - Tattered Flower GarlandMartha Stewart Vintage Floral (Deco Flowers) Punch Around the Page (just the border punch)Martha Stewart 3 in 1 Butterfly punchStampin’ Up scalloped border punch Crafters Workshop stencil – Mini SpecimensDylusions Black Marble spray inkStickles Glitter Glue - Black Diamond and SilverDistress Ink pad – Worn LipstickAmerican Crafts - black sprinkles (glitter) Thickers letter stickers for 'IMAGE'Hobbycraft - silver glitter letter & number stickers for 'MIRROR'

Here is the second layout created for the Papermaze crop using the Dear Lizzy papers:

Hope you enjoyed the crop those of you who could make it. It is always lovely to see so many variations of the layout come together. We had a great day as usual thanks Vanessa.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x