Nap Time

Hi all,

Finally back with a challenge card. I treated myself the other day to a couple of new stamps & papers from Trimcraft. The stamps were from the Pepper & Friends range and I got the Funky Vintage Papers. I have also had my eye on some Polychromos for ages and finally took the plunge and got me some off ebay (very good price too!!). So today I have had a little play with my new stuff, I stamped up my image and knew that I wanted to to cut it out in a circle. So when I came across the Papertake weekly challenge sketch it was perfect.

The image is called Nap Time, Papers are Funky Vintage both from the new trimcraft ranges. Flowers are Petaloo with Papermania Gem Brads, MS Branch Punch, Craftwork Cards Sentiment, Tiny gems are Papermania ,Burgandy Tulle & pearl pin from my shop.

Lyndsey xx

Hello 2010

Hello all, hope you all had a fabulous christmas and that santa brought you all the crafty goodies you were after. Sorry I havent posted in such a long time, I was that busy making christmas cards and then my camera broke so I couldn't even take pics of them to upload.

Well all the christmas stuff is packed away for another year (I love to put it up but them it drives me crazy) and the house is back to normal. I have had a very lazy day and actually managed to get some crafting in using my new LOV stamps that santa kindly left me.

The first card I have made is following a fab sketch over on Papertake Weekly.

Papers - We R Memory Keepers Tiffany 6x6 pad

Image - Lilly of the Valley

Flowers - Petaloo & MS Branch Punch

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Embellies - Paper Cellar Raffia Ribbon & Papermania Shimmer Dots

This card follows the great stetch over on Cute Card Thursday

Papers - We R Memory Keepers - Tiffany 6x6 pad

Image - Lilly of the Valley

Senitement - Craftwork Cards

Flowers - Petaloo & MS Branch Punch

Gems - Papermania Shimmer Dots

And finally this sketch is one from TGF 12 days of sketches, I didnt manage to make the deadlines with them but jotted all the sketches down for future use. This one is Day 3

Paper - We R Memory Keepers - Tiffany 6x6 pad

Image - Sugar Nellie Gorjuss Girl

Senitment - Craftwork Cards

Flowers - Petaloo & MS Branch Punch

Gems - Papermania Shimmer Dots

Thanks for looking

Lyndsey xx

Friday Sketchers

Made this card following the sketch over on Friday Sketchers. Didnt really turn out how I hoped so am not 100% happy with this. Think its the colour scheme really looks a bit washed out now, added some distressing to the edges of the papers and again hasnt turned out right.



Image is Tidla with Tulips from Magnolia, Papermania Blueberry Hill papers, Craftwork Cards sentiment, Poppicraft flowers & Papermania shimmer dots.

Lyndsey xx

Something a bit different & Demo Day

Well its a bit different for me anyway, I have made a card without a stamped image on!!!!. Now normally I love my images and dont feel like a card is complete without one, However we are off to my friend's 40th party tonight and I decided I wanted to do something a little different. I made one of those cards wraps that you then put a little tag insert inside, and obviously i wanted the number to be the main focal really, It also gave me a chance to use of of massive petaloo flowers.
I have also decided to enter it into this weeks Creative Inspirations challenge which is to use 4 different papers on your creation.

The papers are from DCWV Nannas Kitchen stack, Petaloo flowers with Dovecraft fancy brad, Craftwork Cards oval sentiment & ribbon from stash. The 40 was cut out using Colour My World Mckenzine alpha & number template pack.

Now for all you Prima Craft customers, the Colour My world Templates are one of the items I will be demoing at our Demo Day along with the Petaloo Flowers & the LLB range on Saturday 27th June, so pop the date in your diary and come and see me for some great ideas and inspiration.

Lyndsey xx

The Circus!!!!! and a challenge card.

Well I had the most fabulous night last night, went to see the gorgeous Take That at the Ricoh in Coventry. It was the most spectacular show I have ever seen it wasnt a concert it was a show!!!. Everything about it was amazing, we were stood about 10 foot away from the centre stage so had a great view when they came out the middle which they did repeatedly throughout the show. Gary looked gorgeous as always and the rain held off until the end. The best part had to be the elephant emerging out of the centre stage and carrying them off over to the top stage, that elephant was just something else. But guess which numpty forgot to take her camera!!!!!!!. It was a night I will never forget and would go to see it again without a second thought.

Anyway better show you my card. It is made following the sketch over on Sketch and Stash and my new item is the Tilda image and the gorgeous DCWV papers.



Image is from the Magnolia chasing butterflies collection, papers are DCWV Nanas Kitchen, Prima & Poppicraft flowers with Papermania gem brads. Craftwork Cards oval sentiment & Papermania adhesive shimmer dots, ribbon from the Range.

Lyndsey xx

Birthday cards for Niece

I have 2 Niece's who have a birthday next week, so whilst the weather has been soooo pants here today I have made a start on them.

This first one I have made following a fab sketch by Rach over on the Just Magnolia blog, I have spent a lot of time practising with my PM's and I am really pleased with how the colouring on this little cutie turned out.



The image is from the magnolia Butterflies collection, matted and layered using Nesties, papers are DCWV spring stack, Papermania element flowers, Anitas spotty ribbon & craftwork Cards oval sentiment. The butterfly is a plain chipboard shape which I have inked up, added glossy accents onto and then sprinkled a little glamour dust on top.

This second card I have made using the great sketch over on Papertake Weekly.



This card uses a fab image from the Greeting Farm (sent to me by a blogging buddy), papers are DCWV spring stack, Papermania adhesive gem stones and computer generated sentiment.


Lyndsey xx

Sketch Saturday

Third card tonight is for my sister-in-law (told you I was on a roll without internet connection) and I followed the fab sketch over on Sketch Saturday. I used a fabulous Miss Anya image which I received of a blogging buddy.



The papers are again Lime Rickey from Basic Grey (there is some REALLY bright papers in this pad), image is Miss Anya, flowers are Mullberry Street from Petaloo with Doodlebug sugar coated brads, Papermania pearl gems & Craftwork Cards oval sentiment.

Lyndsey xx

Stampactular Sketch

This second card tonight is again for my sisters partner, but this time off hubby and me. I found the perfect image in box which is a cute PB image called Bubbly (I think) which I received in a swap. The image is perfect for Ste as we are always on at him for the amount of time he spends in the bath!!! I also followed the fabby sketch over on the Stampactular challenge blog.



The fabulously bright and funky papers are Basic Grey Lime Rickey, image is Penny Black, Papermania pearl gems & Craftwork Cards oval sentiment.

Lyndsey xx

Stampavie & More sketch

Thanks to everyone for your well wishes to Abbie, we went to hospital today and thankfully it was good news. The blockage has been shifted and her consultant was really pleased with her, said its because we caught it quite quickly. She has to stay on the meds for a couple more days then she can come off them. The only bad news was that this could and will happen again throughout her life and we have been told to keep the meds in stock just in case, just keep our fingers crossed that it doesnt happen that often.

I have a few cards to show you tonight, but will pop them in seperate posts so they are easier to find for the challenges. I lost my internet connection last night and it was really suprising how many cards I was able to get made when not messing about on her!!!!

This card is for my sisters partner and I followed the fab sketch over on Stampaive & More.

Papers are Basic Grey Marrakech, cute Message Rabbit image, Craftwork Cards card candy & computer generated sentiment.

Lyndsey xx

3 challenges with 1 card

I do try not to combine challenges, but after making this card for the Just Magnolia challenge with the theme being Pink & Green, I also found it fits the challenge over at One Stop Craft Challenge where the theme is something new & Papertake Weekly where the theme is Spots & Stripes.



The image is a gorgeous Magnolia, the papers are new from Papermania Signature range and are called Regency. Craftwork Cards oval sentiment, Poppicraft flowers & Dew Drops.

Lyndsey xx

1 Card 2 challenges

Second card from me today, I have used a new Gorjuss Girl that I got last week. I have made the card following the sketch over on A Spoon Full Of Sugar and am also entering it into the Creative Inspirations blog which is a recipe challenge of 4 flowers, 3 papers & 2 buttons. I have used 4 flowers but have layered them up to fit the sketch (hope this is ok).



The image is from Sugar Nellie, papers are Basic Grey Wisteria, Poppicraft flowers with Papermania pearl brads & Craftwork Cards oval sentiment. Buttons & ribbon from stash.

Lyndsey xx

Miss Anya

I got some fabby Miss Anya images from a blogging buddy and couldnt wait to use them. This is the first card I have made with them and it follows a sketch over on the Docrafts website done by the lovely Clare Curd. The sketch was very easy to work with, with great scope for adding extra embellies.



The image is from the Greeting farm, papers are new from Papermania and are the Jesse Edwards collection (they are so delish) Poppicrafts flowers, Papermania pearl brads & gem stones, Craftwork Cards oval sentiment & ribbon from stash.

Lyndsey xx

1 Card 2 challenges

Trying to get this one in quick before the challenge finishes. I have made this card to fit the sketch over on Mojo Monday and being as I have used a cute little PB stamp thought I would enter it in the Penny Black Saturday challenge which this week is anything goes.



The image is Penny Black, papers are K&Co Roam, Poppicraft flower with Papermania pearl brad, Craftwork Cards oval sentiment & card candy. MSBP used for scalloped edge.

Lyndsey xx

My little Pony

Well I have finally calmed down enough to make a card, so while hubby is at work and kids are somewhat engaged in other activites I am having a little crafty session. I made this card following the fab sketch over on the Stamp with fun challenge blog. I have used a gorgeous little Tilda image and sat her on her little pony (I have seen this on a couple of other blog and I thought it looked sweet).




The papers are K& Co sparkly sweet, bazzill swiss dots cardstock, Poppicraft flowers with Papermania pearl gems, Craftwork Cards oval sentiment & Scallop border punch out with MSDP.

I have decorated the inside but its quite simple so I havent taken a piccy.

Lyndsey xx

Penny Black Challenge

Over on the Penny Black challenge there is a fabby sketch by the lovely Nat. It has lots of lovely layers which I didnt want to cover up with to many embellies, so I made a male card which as you know looks best quite simple.



The image is PB (obviously) cut and layered using Nesties, papers are K&Co Roam, Craftwork Cards card candy & oval sentiment.

Lyndsey xx

Double Challenge Card

It was Abbies first day at nursery today and I was really dreading it, although she has been there a few time with me going to parent & toddler this was the first time she would be left on her own. I had nothing to worry about however as she was fine, she was constantly on all morning asking when it was time to go and was so excited. When we got there she went straight in, said hello to the class rabbit & went and popped an apron on and started painting. I said i'm going now and she just turned round and said bye!!! and carried on. Hubby and I popped into town and it was great shopping without having to have eyes in your backside. When we went to pick her up she didnt want to come home and was very dissapointed, just hope thats how its going to be all the time.

Anyway I have made a card tonight which hopefully covers 2 challenges, the first is Cute Card Thursday which is floral fantasy & the second is One Stop challenge which is decorative cuts - such as die cuts etc.

The image is Picking Apples from Sugar Nellie cut out using Nesties label 2, paper is Basic Grey porcelain, corners cut with a Sizzix die, flowers are a 2" Dovecraft punch, Prima & paper roses from the Range. The ribbon is from stash, which IRL is the same green as the cardstock & Craftwork Cards oval sentiment.

Lyndsey xx

Gingham Bunny

This is my 3rd and last post for tonight, sorry but I just cant help myself with all these fab sketches. Anyway this card is for the Sketch & Stash Challenge where I have used one of my new Messy Rabbit stamps & it also covers A Spoon full of Sugar challenge as I have used my MSDP & a Dovecraft flower punch.

Image is Messy Rabbit from Joanne Sheen, papers are a mixture of Making Memories & Basic Grey, flowers are a mixture of Prima, American Crafts & a 2" Dovecraft punch, Craftwork Cards oval sentiment & 3 little Dew Drops.

Lyndsey xx

Just Magnolia Challenge No.1

There is a fab new challenge blog just been started called Just Magnolia, They have a fabulous sketch to work with for the first challenge and a delish prize. There is definately a lot of love for these gorgeous little images I have just seen how many people have entered already amazing!!!!!



This fab little lady is from the spring club kit and I think she is just adorable. The papers are K&Co Classic Mckenna, flowers are a mixture of Poppicrafts, Amercian Crafts and a Dovecraft 2" flower punch with a Papermania pearl brad in the centre. Papermania pearl stones & Craftwork Cards oval sentiment, ribbon from stash.

Lyndsey xx

Football Bunny

OMG have you seen how many challenges are sketches this week, I have 10 drawn out ready to tackle and i'm sure there is probably more. I am totally in sketch heaven as these are my fave challenges.

This card has been made to the Truely Scrumptious sketch which I have rotated to fit my image. The added extra is to make a card for a child, my friends son is 7 on Tue so I have made this card for him. I have decorated the inside but not taken a picture.

The image is Messy Rabbit from Joanna Sheen (we have just had these in the shop and they are just adorable) papers are Basic Grey Marrakech, Craftwork Cards sentiment & card candy and a peel off no.7

Now that the kids are in bed I am now free to go off and tackle some more sketches.

Lyndsey xx

Mojo Monday & an Award

I have had a lovely day off with the kids today, watched HSM with Abbie, been dancing, jumping on the trampoline and generally just having some quailty time with the kids. They have had a friend round to play this afternoon so I took the opportunity to made a quick card. I chose the sketch over at Mojo Monday to have a play with as it looked quite nice and simple.



The image is from Sugar Nellie, the papers are Basic Grey bittersweet, flowers from Poppicrafts, Papermania pearl brads & photo anchors and Craftwork Cards oval sentiment, ribbon from stash.

I also received this lovely award from 2 blogging buddies Helen & Pat, thanks girls so sweet of you to think of me.

Lyndsey xx