Frosty the Snowman

Hi all,

Well I am late with this post as I have just realised I didn't post it on Tue (slaps hand!!!). We have a new challenge over at Ladybug Crafts Ink and this fortnight our theme is ...

Blue & White Colour Combo

So we would like to see you creations with predominately these colours.

For my card today I have used the fab image Snowman Chorus and have used a piece of embossed card for my background (no patterned papers at all!!!).

I kept the card very simple, matting the embossed card onto blue and just adding a few snowflakes to finish off. I love the fresh clean look of it.

Please do pop on over to the Challenge Blog and check out my team mates fabby creations, join in the fun while your there too.

Thanks for popping by my blog today

Lyndsey xx

Cheeky Swing

Hi all,

I have made a few cards using these fabulously cute Mo Manning Hobby House Toppers, so thought I'd showcase them all together this week. Love how using these they make putting a card together so quick & Easy.

I teamed the image with some Freebie papers from a mag last year, all matted onto Kraft Card. I added a lovely christmas flower and a bit of satin ribbon with a lovely organza & satin bow. The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards & a few little pearls to finish off

Thanks for popping by my blog today

Lyndsey xx

Swing Joyfully

Hi all,

Its my turn to show you a bit of inspiration on the My Mums Craft Shop Blog today, using some of the gorgeous products available in store.

So for my card today I have used one of the very sweet Mo Manning Hobby House Toppers - Christmas Elves (how mischievous does this little cutie look) & teamed the adorable image with some gorgeous Echo Park - Tis the Season papers. 

I added a bit of sparkle to the image with some Stickles, fabby polka dot ribbon, sparkly flowers, vintage flourish and a cute wooden sentiment to finish.

Thank you for popping by my blog today

Lyndsey xx

Birthday Bubbly

Hi all,

It was my cousin's 21st on Monday and we had a fabulous weekend celebrating with her - 2 meals & a party hasn't done much for my diet though!!!

Anyway thought I'd pop on today and show you the card I made her.

I used a fabulous image from Ladybug Craft Ink - Though the Ages 21- and teamed it with some bright and funky MME papers. I finished off with a few WOC flowers and some lovely lilac satin ribbon.

I wanted to card to have a young and funky feel to it but still be a bit girly & pretty, and am quite pleased with how it turned out in the end.

Thanks for popping by my blog today

Lyndsey xx

Little Star

Hi all,

Its my turn to inspire you today over on the All Dressed Up Blog and so I have made a little tutorial on how to make this cute little Buckle Style Card.

I have used the gorgeous image Happy Christmas Little Star - which is available in the Store now along with lots of other stunning images.

I teamed the image with some gorgeous paper from LOTV - Woodland Wishes - the patterns and colours in this pad are just devine and would also suit Winter Birthdays as well as just Christmas.

The flowers are a mixture of WOC & Hobbycraft and the lovely Die Cut leaves I added behind are a Joy Crafts Die Vintage Flourish 6003/0026

I finished off with a organza polka dot bow & snowflake charm. The large sparkly snowflake is a Tree Decoration I picked up from Adsa (about £2 for 10 I think) lol.

For a full step by step tutorial  please do pop on over to the ADU Blog. While your there have a gander at all the other gorgeous creations my team mate have made to inspire you.

Thanks for popping by my blog today

Lyndsey xx

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Christmas (26/11)

Sweet Stamps - Anything Goes (26/11)

Fashionista Challenge - Christmas Bling (no nose girl) (2/12)

Sparkle N Sprinkle -Anything goes with Glitter/Embossing Powder etc (30/11)

Stamps & Fun - Use a Digi Stamp (25/11)

Snow Buddies

Hi all

Its my turn today to show you a little inspiration over on the My Mums Craft Shop Blog, and our theme this week is to use None traditional Christmas Colours.

Now I have to admit I was a bit stumped on this as all my xmas papers were the usual reds, greens, blues etc. Then I had a brainwave and decided to use a none xmas pad and used a couple of sheets with a more generic pattern in them.

I used an adorable Tiddly Inks stamp - Winter Wishes and teamed it with some gorgeous Echo Park papers - Here & Now. I kept the card quite simple just adding a few snowflakes cut from a Marrianne Die and bit of white Satin Ribbon.

I am quite pleased with how my card has turned out and I hope it has showed you how you don't need to spend lots on new paper for Christmas cards but to be a bit wise with the papers you may already have.

Thank you for popping by my blog today.

Lyndsey xx

Bow front card

Hi all,

I have a few Class Cards that I have taken photos of and haven't shown you yet, so thought I'd pop on today with another one.

This is one I called a Bow Front Card (really cant remember where I found the inspiration from for this as we made it a while ago) and the style of the card is just perfect for showcasing 2 images.

The cute images are Teddy Bo and we free with a mag and we teamed them with some fun and funky papers from DCWV. Love this style of card and it does fold down flat for posting.

Thanks for popping by my blog today

Lyndsey xx

Bunny Beautiful

Hi all,

I am very excited to show you this card today. The gorgeous image is a new release from All Dressed up Stamps and the extremely lovely Wendy based this little cutie on Abbie. - Did you know you can order a custom designed image from ADU - why not pop on over to the Store and find out more!!

Anyway this adorable image is called Love my Pets and you can find her in the store now.

This is the picture the image was based on, I think she has done a fabulous job don't you!. Miss Lilly (Abbie's rabbit was also incorporated into the image too)

Anyway I teamed the image with lots of new goodies - Echo Park Beautiful Life Papers, Marianne Design Fence & Bird House Die, Joy Crafts Vintage Flourish Die, the flowers are from WOC and a few little pearls to finish then added lots of Frantage in Shabby White (love this stuff, why have I waited so long to get some!!).

Thank you for popping by my blog today

Lyndsey xx

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with a Ribbon (21/11)

Crafty Creations - Dies & Punches (20/11)

Fab N Funky - Anything Goes (20/11)

The Paper Shelter - For Someone Special (20/11)

Stampavie & More - Die Cuts (20/11)

Pretty Backgrounds

Hi all,

Thought I'd pop on today with a Class Card we made a while back. For this card I was showing the girls how to create your own fabulous paper background using the Herringbone Technique I saw over on Splitcoast Stampers.

As the background kept them, busy for a while we used some gorgeous pre-coloured Toppers for the images and kept the cards quite simple just adding a couple of flowers and a pretty bow. The papers we used were LOTV.

The girls loved the effect the pattern gave, but dont think they enjoyed cutting up all the little strips of paper and sticking them together lol - they keep threatening to ban me from using the internet!!

Thanks for popping by my blog today 

Lyndsey xx

Tis the Season for delicious goodies!!

Hi all,

Just popping on to show you a fab little Bottle Gift Tag & Goodie Holder that I made for the Craft Workshop over on the Trimcraft Site.

I made a few of these last Christmas as teachers gifts and hung them over a bottle of wine and added a delicious bar of Chocolate in the pocket. They went down a treat lol!!!

I used lots of gorgeous items from The Tis the Season Range, including papers, Die Cut stickers, Ribbon, Brads, Wooden shapes & Resin Flowers.

Thanks for popping by my blog today

Lyndsey xx

Vase of Delights

Hi all,

Its time for a new challenge over at Ladybug Crafts Ink today and this fortnight the lovely Sally has chosen our theme and she wants you to ...........

Get Krafty

Yes thats right, we would like to see Kraft somewhere on your project - the more the better!!

For my card I used the fabby image Twig Delight & used a Kraft Card as my base. I teamed the image with some gorgeous papers from Bazzill Basics - Nordic Pines which are Kraft based and added a couple of flowers, polka dot ribbon and a cute Kraft snowflake that I covered with Glamour Dust. 

Please do pop by the Challenge Blog and check out my team mates fabulous creations, why not join in the fun while your there too.

Thanks for popping by my blog today

Lyndsey xx

Christmas Wreath

Hi all,

Another of my Christmas makes today, this time I made this gorgeous Wreath. Another item that I am pretty pleased with how it turned out.

It was quite easy to make, although not particularly quick lol. I took a styrofaom wreath shape and wrapped it generously in the gorgeous red gingham ribbon. The little bird house is a plain chipboard one that I covered in paper and then hung from the middle of the wreath. The flowers were pre made ones that I picked up from Hobbycraft (too lazy to die cut my own lol) and the little wooden sentiment is from Trimcraft, all hot glued onto the wreath. I topped it off with a large triple bow made using the gingham ribbon, spider webbing, a bit if stitched ribbon, twine and a largish button.

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Just to finish thought I'd show you my goodies I picked up from the NEC at the weekend.

Lots of card & card blanks for my classes, gorgeous paper pads from Echo Park, Dovecraft & LOTV. Hobby House & LOTV toppers for those quick cards, a few dies I have my eye on for a while, Inkylicious stamps, a gorgeous Paperbabe stamp, Frantage, a reduced MS border punch and a few pretty embellishments. Should keep me going till March lol!!!

Thank you for popping by my blog today

Lyndsey xx

Oh Christmas Tree, oh Christmas Tree

Hi all,

Something a little different from me today, I love trying out new things and having a go at making 3D projects rather than just cards. So when I came across a leaflet in Hobbycraft for a cute button Christmas Tree I knew I had to have a go (who knew all those buttons left over from the shop would come in handy!!).

I just love how this turned out and tbh its pretty easy to make and only took me about an hour & half from start to finish. All you basically do is pin buttons onto a Styrofoam cone shape, you do however need a lot of buttons and pins - I think I probably used at least 300 on this tree (which is about 12" high).

I went with a very traditional red, green and white theme, as that matches the rest of my Christmas decorations as this year I am going for a bit of a homespun look so this will deff fit right in place.

Thanks for popping by my blog today

Lyndsey xx

Yummy Cupcakes

Hi all,

I have some cards to show you today using some gorgeous Toppers and Ribbons that are new in stock over at My Mums Craft Shop.

The items are part of a collection from Crafty Ribbons and along with these gorgeous cupcake designs there are also Owls and cute Winter Scenes. All the toppers come in packs of 6 and you can get them pre-coloured or as B&W images for you to colour yourself. There are matching Ribbons for all the Toppers and some gorgeous generic ones too.

I teamed the Toppers & Ribbons with papers from Echo Park & Dovecraft and went for very simple layouts. I love the bright and funky look to these and love that they are a just that little bit different.

Thanks for popping by my blog today

Lyndsey xx

Winter Deer

Hi all,

I have a card to show you today that has been made using some gorgeous products available at My Mums Craft Shop.

The theme over on the blog this week is  Winter Birthday's  and for my inspiration post I came up with this.

I have used some gorgeous products on this card including a Wild Rose Studio Printed Panel - Bluebell at Christmas & fabulous Echo Park Tis the Season papers. I used papers from the pad with a more generic pattern on them to give the card a more winter rather than christmas feel. I finished off with some ribbon that came wrapped around some PJ's, cotton lace and fabulous mulberry flowers I picked up from Hobbycraft on their 3 for 2 offer.

Thanks for popping by my blog today, am hoping to have a massive blogging session this weekend and looking forward to catching up with all your lovely creations.

Lyndsey xx

Sweet Gifts for you

Hi all,

Yet again I am running late today!!!. We have a new challenge over on the All Dressed Up Blog and this time our theme is 

Autumn Colours and/or Give Thanks

So we would like to see your creations using either autumunal colours or a  thank you or thanksgiving themes or a mixture of both if you like!

We also have 2 fabulous new release images with this challenge and a gorgeous Digi Paper pack too.

So for my card I used the adorable image A Time to Give and have teamed it with some gorgeous Digi Papers (which could possibly be a sneak preview ooops!!!)

I coloured the image in using promarkers and added a few flowers and pretty flourish behind.

Please do pop by the blog and check out my team mates fabulous creations. Also join in the fun while your there to, you could win your choice of 3 images from the store.

Thanks for popping by my blog today.

Lyndsey xx

Autumn Days

Hi all,

Well I have some exciting news to share today, although I am running a little late it. A couple of weeks ago I was asked by the lovely Kitty if I would like to join the team over at My Mums Craft Shop - considering she sells the most fabulous selection of goodies over in her shop my response just had to be yes lol!!

Anyway yesterday saw the start of a new challenge over on the MMCS Blog and this months theme is -

Autumn Colours

So we would like to see your creations using some lovely autumnal tones - oranges, browns, reds, greens etc.

For my creation I used a gorgeous new image in the shop from Tiddly Inks called Celebrate Joyfully and teamed her with some gorgeous papers from MME Collectable Notable and used some of the sheets with fab oranges and yellows, matting them onto kraft card the colours reminding me of leaves as they are turning.

 I finished of the card with some lovely cotton lace, gross grain ribbon, roses and some white pearls coloured with promarkers.

Please do pop by the blog and check out my new team mates creations.

Thanks for popping by my blog today, will be back tomorrow a day late with my DT card for All Dressed UP

Lyndsey xx