Tea for Two

Hi all

Here to show you my regular Monday inspiration posting from over on the My Mums Craft Shop Blog.

This week us girls have a free week and so can choose whatever we like to show you lol. 

Anyway for my card I decided to use one of the Hobby House Toppers - Strawberry Tea - I love these cute images so perfect for a quick card.

I teamed the topper with some lovely papers from Carta Bella - Baby Mine Girl paper pad and added a few pretty flowers and some gorgeous stitched ribbon . The sentiment is from CC Designs - Happy Day, which I stamped onto velum and attached to the card with small brads.

    

Thanks for popping by my blog today, please do pop on over to the MMCS Blog throughout the week to check out my team mates fabulous creations.

Lyndsey xx

Birthday Tulip

Hi all,

I have a cute little card to show you today that I made for my friend's birthday the other week using a gorgeous little La La Land Cutie.

I teamed the image with some bright and funky papers from MME and added a few flowers and some fab polka dot ribbon. I tucked a little pale blue feather behind the image and finished off with a Craftwork Cards Sentiment.

Thanks for popping by my blog today

Lyndsey xx

Darling Marci

Hi all,

Hope you are all enjoying this fantastic weather we have been having and are not having as stressful week as I am. Abbie's hospital app didn't go as well as we had hoped, her lung function has come right back down again and her weight had dropped, so at the moment we are just awaiting all the test results (x-rays, bloods, cough plates, exercise tolerance) to come back before her consultant makes a decision on what we do next. Also poor Oli has been suffering quite badly this week after getting sunburnt on Sunday afternoon, his back has all blistered up and he has been in a lot of pain, hopefully we seem have gone past the worst of it now and it seems to be drying up.

On top of all that, missy had a very upset tummy on Tue night and we found out that she had only gone and eaten a seed pod from a plant in the garden. Which when we looked up online was classed as toxic and can cause gastroenteritis and breathing difficulties - thankfully apart from an upset tummy for a few hours she was fine lol!!!

Anyway better show you the card I popped on her to post. Trying to make a few cards that will fit in an envelope rather than keep buying/making boxes so not too many embellies and I used flat flowers rather than the roses etc.

I used the gorgeous La La Land Marci image and teamed her with some pretty LOTV papers, the background is my new Stampin Up embossing folder (love this, got the hexagon one too but that's not come out the packet yet!!) and just added a bit of ribbon, flat flowers and pearls to finish.

I love the clean fresh feel to this card and think the pale blue teamed with the kraft looks fab. Am also quite pleased with my colouring on this one too.

Anyway thanks for popping by my blog today, have a fabulous weekend whatever your doing

Lyndsey xx

Birthday Bloom

Hi all,

I have a box of cards that are half finished, and some class cards that just need a few extras to be added to them, and I am fed up of them hanging around taking up space. So I have spent the afternoon finishing them off and bagging them up to hopefully sell!!.

This card was one I did ages ago in class and is called an Upright Z Fold Card (I have a tutorial HERE, although it is pretty straight forward), the card base was done and decorated but was missing an image (as sometimes if one of my girls makes a big mistake I give them my bits & pieces so they can finish their card- then I never get round to finishing mine off lol!!!). The image I found off another half finished card which I didn't like, so decided to combine the 2 and add a few flowers & sentiment to complete.

I love this sweet La La Land image Marci with Flower coloured her with my promarkers and the papers I think are a Trimcraft First Edition pad. The flowers are from WOC and just a little bow with some gorgeous organza ribbon to finish.

Thanks for popping by my blog today

Lyndsey xx

Darling Marci

Hi all,

Well how about that, the sun is shining and I have my washing on the line. Must be something in the sun as I seem to have had a desire to clean this morning including washing all my skirting boards down with bleach (where's that come from!!!!!!),

I am going to have a little bit of lunch and then hopefully do a spot of crafting this afternoon - being as Abbie is spending the weekend with her Nan & Grandad - should have a peaceful couple of hours lol. I dont know about anyone else but I can't seem to get anything done when they are off school and I am way behind on my DT work, even completely forgot about a couple of things!!.

Anyway today I have a cute little La La Land card that I made last week and haven't had chance to blog yet. The image is called Darling Marci and I got her in digi format.

You cant really see it that well in the picture but I covered the card in the yellow paper, then added the die cut flowery panel on top with foam pads to give it a bit of depth. I sat Marci on the edge of the circle on a piece of gingham ribbon, added lots of gorgeous flowers and a pretty pearl swirl.

Thanks for popping by my blog today

Lyndsey xx

Mary Mary quite contrary

Hi all,

I have JFF (just for fun) indulgence card to show you today. I have been playing with my La La Land cuties again and coloured a few up, but this one was calling out to be made into a card and I knew instantly that I wanted to create a little scene with her.

I teamed my adorable image with some fab papers from MME and used a Fence & Cloud Die to create a little scene. I really must get me a Grass Die at the weekend (going to the NEC whoop whoop!!!) but for now just used a strip of green paper instead.

I added a few flowers along the fence (which she has obviously been watering) and sort of made the doiley look like a technicolour sun in the background lol!! I also did a new size card for me too 15cm x 12cm quite like this size tbh not quite square but still bigger than an A6

Thanks for popping by my blog today

Lyndsey xx

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

Charisma Cardz - Die Cuts

Stamp & Doodle - Anything Goes

Everybody Art - Spring

Shopping our Stash - Easter/Spring

Use it Tuesday - Die Cuts/Punches

Sweet Rose

Hi all,

Hope you are all enjoying this little bit of sunshine we are having today, I actually went out today without a coat on fab!!!

So I recently fell in love with an adorable range of stamps from La La Land Crafts - now I know they have been around for ages, but I have only just found them lol!!!

I treated myself to a few stamps first - then I realised they came in digi form and well a few more found their way to me too.

So here is my first card using a La La Land image, I kept the card quite sweet and simple and used some more of the gorgeous MME - Howdy Doody papers (I love this pad!!!)

I coloured the image with Promarkers and the colours are as follows (alothou they do look a little washed out on the picture)

Skin - Blush, Oatmeal, Sunkissed Pink, Coral

Hair - Satin, Tan, Cinammon, Walnut

Dress - Soft Peach, Peach, Coral, Burnt Orange

Hat & Flower - Buttercup, Mustard, Gold, Raw Sienna

I added some faby grossgrain ribbon and a few WOC flowers to finish

Thanks for popping by my blog today

Lyndsey xx