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

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

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

Little Black Dress

Its challenge time over at Charisma and the theme this week has been set by the lovely Carly. She has chosen

LITTLE BLACK DRESS

There are some fab creations from the DT and fab prize on offer, so pop on over and join in the fun.



Here is my card, I was totally stumped at first then I found this fab PB image and the inspiration just came.

The image is Penny Black, paper is Crafts House Allsorts oclletcion, Poppicraft flowers, Papermania gem stones & pearl brads, black velvet ribbon and peel off sentiment.

Lyndsey xx

Lazy Days

I made this card following the fab sketch over on Sketch Saturday, lots of lovely layers so got to use lots of yummy papers. I took the opportunity to use the sketch for a card for Gandad off the kids, his birthday is tomorrow. I have used a fab PB image that I recieved in a swap and my new BG papers.

I filpped the sketch over so that the top was a the bottom, which meant the sentiment went at the top instead.



Image is Penny Black, papers are Basic Grey Marrakech all matted onto cordinations cardstock, Craftwork Cards oval sentiment & 3 little dew drops in the corner.

Lyndsey xx

3 Challenges

I had a very productive night last night, hubby was at work and kids were at nans so I had a very crafty time. I managed to get 3 cards done and try out my new nesties!!!

This first card follows the fab sketch over on Truely Scrumptious, with the added extra of flower power!!. I used some lovely flowery K&Co paper then added another 3 little primas for extra measure.

The papers are K&Co Sparkly Sweet distressed all edges, Gorjuss Sugar Nellie image, Prima flowers, Craftwork Cards oval sentiment & Card Candy, Dovecraft Ribbon & Papermania Element Butterfly.

This second card follows the sketch over of Friday Sketchers.

The papers are K&Co Classic, Sugar Nellie image, Craftwork Cards oval sentiment & Card Candy, swirl cut with Sizzix Die, paper roses from the Range and lace from my shop.

The last card was made another fab sketch from Dawny P over on Papertake Weekly.

The image is Penny Black cut out and mounted with Nesties Labels 2, paper is K&Co Sparkly Sweet, Poppicraft flowers, Papermania gem stones. Message tag cut out using Sizzix Die 7 Big Shot.

Lyndsey xx

Charisma Cardz challenge 13

Its Thursday and that means its time for another Charisma Cardz Challenge. This week the challenge has been set by little old me. My favorite challenges are always sketch challenges, so this week I have come up with a little Sketch for you.

Here is my card following the sketch.

The image is a gorgeous Penny Black isnt he just sooo cute, the papers are Basic Grey Ambrosia, Poppicraft flowers, Papermania gems coloured with permanent marker to get them the right colour, Craftwork Cards oval sentiement and ribbon from stash.

The girls have made some fabby cards with the sketch & there are 2 great prizes to choose from this week, so why not pop over and join in the fun.

Lyndsey xx

Birthday Boy

I made this card for my nephew off Oli & Abbie. I am not 100% on it as I let Oli choose the image and papers so I think its a bit bright, however my nephew will only be 9 so I think he will probably like it. I made the card following the fab sketch over on Sketch Saturday.





The image is a fab Penny Black stamp coloured in with PM's, the papers are Basic Grey Cupcake, and Papermania eyelets set with the Big Bite. The oval sentiment is Craftwork Cards.

Lyndsey xx

Flowers for you

Well hasn't the weather been gorgeous today, I promised Oli that I would take him over the park on the BMX track after school today. Should have kept my mouth shut, been as Rich was at home he suggested I take my bike (rearly used) and have a ride with him, whilst he pushed Abbie on her trike. Lets just say my legs now feel like jelly and I need a padded cushion to sit on lol!!!!!

Anyway this is the card I have made for my little brother to give his mum (my stepmum). I followed the sketch over on the Penny Black challenge blog and used this fabby stamp called Guess What!

The image is Penny Black, papers are Basic Grey porcelain, Prima flowers, Papermania pearl brads and circle cut out with a Sizzix die on my Big Shot and then I used my Cropodile to punch the holes all the way round.

Lyndsey xx

Charisma Challenge 8

It is challenge 8 over at Charisma this week and my 2nd week as a Guest Designer.

This weeks challenge has been set by Leanne and the Theme is ANIMALS !!!

This is my card, I have had this fab PB animal image in my box for ages I got it in a RAK. When I saw the theme for Leanne's challenge I knew instantly that I was going to dig this out.

The papers are My Mind Eye, The chipboard swirl & arrow are from the Basic Grey Cupcake collection, brads are Dovecraft and the sentiment is Papermania.

This week we have been sponsered by :-

Fingertip Crafts is A lovely store both online and in real life! They're currently offering FREE p&p on all orders over £10! so hop on over there!
They've very kindly donated a special stamp which the collection is ONLY avalible at Fingertips!
Diminty Mouse 'Celebrations' RRP: £5.99

Why not pop over to Charisma and have a go at the challenge, we would love to see you there.

Lyndsey xx

I am in Love !!!!!

OMG!!!! I am in love, with my new promarkers. I decided to get me some out of my demo money. My first pack came on Mon and I love them, they are so easy to use and give such a brilliant result. I was so impress I went back and ordered another 2 sets, which have come today and I am currently playing with.

Anyway onto my card, I have made this card to the sketch over on Sketch Saturday. Its a fab sketch and very easy to work with.



The image is a PB stickeroo, paper is MyMinds Eye, ribbon is Anitas, Flowers isPoppicrafts with a Dovecraft gem flower brad in the centre and swirl from a Sizzix Die, sentiment is from Craftwork Cards and the paper roses were from the Range.

Lyndsey xx

Signs of spring

The theme over at CCT this week is signs of spring, what an excuse to use one of my new PB stamps. I thought these cute little rabbits really echoed that theme. I used some fab flowery paper from a Papermania easter pack and added some lovely spring colour flowers to finish off.



Image is Penny Black, Papermania paper & sticker sentiment, Doodlebug paper frill, ribbon bow & buttons from stash.

Lyndsey xx

Hugs & Cuddles

Its challenge 7 at Charisma Cardz, and they have some exciting news this week.

Firstly lovely guest designer Sharon has been offered the position on the perm DT! And she accepted! yay!

Secondly! they welcome Two new Guest Designers Lyndsey (me)and Joy! We will be with them for the next 8 weeks!

So to celebrate there is a fabulous prize on offer this week.

This week's challenge has been set by Carly and she has choosen the theme this week to be:-

HUGS AND CUDDLES
However you interprate it!

We are sponsered this week by :-

Paper-angels is a new upcoming company who offer a large selection of card-making, scrapbooking, and all things crafty on there online shop! Prices are very low! and you even get free p&p when spending £40 or more! Also why not join there new forum!?! a great way to meet new crafters!This is a very special prize this week worth over £80!! for one lucky winner!! As we're celebrating Sharon staying as a DT member!

The prize - A massive selection of Cosmic Shimmers

2 sets of shimmering iridescent watercolour paints

1 shimmer spray and pigment set

2 irridescent sparkle pigment sets and

1 set of cosmic shimmer ultra thick embossing powders!

Here is my card, as soon as I saw this lovely PB image I new I had to use it.

The gorgeous PB image has been coloured in with Whispers Pens, the papers are Papermania Scrumptious with faux stitching around the edges, The charm from Ebay, paper roses from The Range, Papermania gem stones and the sentiment is my own design.

The Inside, I have used the same Papermania papers again with faux stitching, A little Notelet and 3 little Papermania gem stones.

Lyndsey xx

Out of the Hat box!!!

I have made this card for Sketch Saturday who yet again have given us a fabby sketch to work with. I have also had a bit of spending spree on some new rubber and this is one of my new PB's.

The papers are Basic Grey Sugared, flower is from Poppicrafts and 3 little Papermania gem stones in the bottom LH corner. The sentiment is one of my own designs.

Lyndsey xx

Going round in a circle.

The Penny Black challenge blog was a hard one for me this week. You have to make a circle card or creation. How the bloomin eck am I gonna cut a decent circle card was my 1st thought. Then I remembered, I have the Xcut circle shape cutter at the moment (borrowed) so I had a go with that, remembering to leave a bit at the top.

The image is called Fun Times, paper is Basic Grey Offbeat, small Papermania gem stones, Dovecraft ribbon & Craftwork Cards oval sentiment.

Lyndsey xx

Another card for 2 challenges

Ok this is my second card for today and again I have used this for 2 challenges. The first is the Spoon Full of Sugar blog where you have to create a card for a baby, pre schooler, Mum to be etc. The second challenge is the Basic Grey challenge which is a recipe - 2 papers, 1 button, 1 ribbon & box & 3 brads.

The image is Penny black, Basic Grey Bittersweet papers, Dovecraft ribbon, 1 heart button & 3 Dovecraft flower brads.

The inside using up last bits of papers and Sugared rub-on.

Lyndsey xx

1 Card 2 challenges

Well after spending about 3 hours doing the ironing yesterday I have treated myself today with a fab lazy crafting day. I am really trying to get all the challenges out of the way for this week, so I can start fresh next week and try and keep up for once. For this reason I have made some of my cards double challenges.

This first card uses the fab sketch from Mojo Monday No.70 and the Papertake weekly challenge which was to use 3 shapes on your card. My 3 shapes are Retangle, circle & oval.



The image is Penny Black, Basic Grey Bittersweet papers, Prima flowers, Craftwork Cards oval sentiment, Papermania pearl brad and spacer from Poppicrafts.

Lyndsey xx

Sketch & Stash

This second card is again for my nephew and I have combined it with the Sketch & Stash Challenge blog. They have a fab sketch this week and the challenge says you have to used either something new or something that has been stashed away for ages. Well my new things are the fabulous Penny Black image which the postie kindly dropped through my letter box today and my lovely sentiment ovals from Crafwork cards. My forgotton things are these fab Dovecraft masculine paper pack which I have had ages and only use when needs must (you know making the difficult male cards)and also some little Papermania brads. I also thought about applying for GDT on the blog, but guess what time ran out yesterday. You never know maybe next time!.



There is no point giving a list of items used as I have listed them above in my explaination of the card. Hope you like and thanks for looking.

Lyndsey xx

In the frame with Penny Black

First of all I would like to say a big thanks to all of you who have made lovely comments on my demo samples. I can only hope that the customers next saturday are as complimentry.
I have had to do a couple of personal cards today for my nephew who's birthday is tomorrow. I was totally unsure what to do as I find male cards really hard. Luckily for me the postie dropped off some PB images that I had brought off Ebay and there was a couple of suitable designs in there. I am hoping to be able to do some challenges this week as the last 2 weeks have been chaos and with me being ill as well I missed most of them. So am I hoping to be able to take part in most of them this week. So I have decided to enter this card in the Penny Black challenge this week which is 'In the Frame' you have to include a frame somewhere on your card. So I have mounted my image straight onto the card, then cut out a frame and mounted on top of the image with foam pads to give it some depth. I also decided to make this card not too fussy and went for just 2 patterned papers and a couple of brads. I think sometimes with male cards its best to do something quite plain and simple.



This fab surfer dude is from Penny Black coloured in with whispers pens , I have no idea of the name as I dont own the stamp. The papers are Papermania for him collection, DCWV cardstock, Papermania sentiment sticker & Dovecraft brads.

Lyndsey xx

Engagement Card

Well my brother is throwing a fabulous party on Saturday (I really hope that I am well enough to go) to celebrate his 25th birthday and his Engagement to his wonderful and extremely good looking partner Damion. They have been together for quite a few years now and they make such a wonderful couple. They also have their 2 little babies Manolo & Balenciaga their gorgeous little puppies. Can you tell by their name that my brother is obsessed with Sex & the City. So not only have I got to make him a birthday card, but an engagement one as well. Now finding the right image has proved to be a slight problem, but I think this little Penny Black cutie solved that. Then the colour scheme for the card was also in question, did I got totally over the top and make it all pink and sparkly (which he prob would have loved) or did I go more masculine. In the end I decided to pick the colours from the bottle of bubbly on the image which meant the card took on a slightly more masculine feel to it.

The image is Penny Black, the papers are Basic Grey Granola, DCWV cardstock, Dovecraft brads & ribbon.

Now the theme for the party is Purple & White, which completely went out of head when I was making this card. So I will now have to make sure that his birthday card is the correct colours.

Lyndsey xx