Secret Crafter Challenge

My friends are celebrating their wedding anniversary this week, and when I saw the theme over on the Secret Crafter Challenge it gave me the inspiration for their card. The theme this week is hearts, I have used 2 different types of heart patterned paper and 2 little heart brads. I think that is enough to qualify. It also gave me the opportunity to ink up this gorgeous Sarah Kay stamp that I won in Dawny Ps blog candy give away.

The image is Sarah Kay, papers are Papermania scrumptious, Papermania heart shaped brads, paper roses from the Range and computer generated sentiment.

The inside

Again have used Papermania scrumptious papers and heart brads.

Lyndsey xx

Papertake Weekly

Hello there, just thought I would pop on to tell you that I managed to go to my brothers party last night. We all had a fabulous time and I did manage to enjoy myself even though I still felt a little ill. The theme was Purple & White and it was great to see that everyone had taken the trouble to follow this through and all came wearing this colour combo. His cake was magnificent, the design was a shoe box, with 2 sparkly purple shoes on the top with the designer name of Manolo Blank (or whatever on the front of the box). And he had made us family these gorgeous little candle creations in glass bowls as a keepsake. We got in about 1am this morning and had a lovely lie-in till 10am.

Anyway onto the card, over at papertake weekly they have another great sketch by the fabby Dawny P. Really nice and easy sketch to follow, but with plenty of scope for adding extra little embellishments.



The image is Hanglar from Ebay, Papers are Papermania Spring Burst, Flowers are Papermania Elements and the oval sentiment is from Craftwork Cards (from the Glitter Pot).

The inside.


Again Papermania Spring Burst papers, and Element flowers. Sentiement is from a HOTP quote pad.

Lyndsey xx

Friday Sketchers

A fab sketch over at Friday Sketchers has given me the inspiration for Martyn's card off the kids. Origanlly this sketch was supposed to be for the engagement card, but I cut the stripey strips too small for the Image. As you can see I have managed to salvage it and used it for an Uncle card.

The image is Edwin from Magnolia, The papers are Basic Grey Granola, Dovecraft brads & eyelets, Papermania sentiment & ribbon from shop.

The Inside

Lyndsey xx

Happy Birthday Brother

This is the card I have finally made for my brother on his birthday. Now I know its not the usual male type cards that you would normally see, but believe me my brother will love this. Now as the theme for the party is Purple & White I have tried to incorporate these colours into the card. He loves fairies which is why I have opted for the funky fairy.



The image is Kerry Jo, papers are DCWV all dressed up, Doodlebug paper frill down RH side, gorgeous flowers from Poppicrafts which Dovecraft gem brad. Calendar page made on computer.

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

Sister-in-Law birthday card meets Sketch Saturday

OMG it feels so good to finally be out of bed. I have had a few sneeky peeps on here with my lappie balancing on the bed, but my head has been so fuzzy I couldnt stay on for long. I am no where near better but I feel much better than I did on Sunday, my poor hubby had to come home from work and look after me. Bless him he has been really good looking after Oli and me, Abbie had to go over to my moms as she couldnt be around me just incase. You know your vows when you say for better or for worse, well he has definately seen me looking my worse these last couple of days, and he still says i'm beautiful not sure what he's after lol !!!!. Anyway I really needed to get 3 cards made by the weekend so have braved it tonight, and I must say I am quite happy with how they have turned out. This first card is for my Sister-in-law for her birthday and I have used one of my new Hanglar images that I purchased off ebay (not sure if they are allowed to sell them, but it means I got my fix anyway). I have also tried to follow the sketch from Sketch Saturday for this card, although I did cut a couple of my papers slightly wrong but im hoping that its still ok.

The image is Hanglar, Bazzil swiss dots cardstock, papers are Papermania Scruptious range, flowers are from Poppicrafts with a Dovecraft flower brad in the centre, charm from ebay, computer generated sentiment & buttons from the shop.

The Inside

Lyndsey xx

Filled my boots

Guess who just filled her boots over at the Glitter Pot sale. Well I have been feeling very poorly and have only just today really been able to get out of bed. So I thought I would treat myself, you know to make me feel better. Anyway have a look at these goodies that will soon be winging their way to me.

My head is less fuzzy now and I have some cards to make so hopefully will upload later.
Lyndsey xx

3 Awards

I have been very lucky to recieve 3 fab award from 3 lovely ladies.

This one from the lovely Caroline

This one from the lovely Lisa

This one from the lovely Tara.

Thanks girls they are much appreciated. No I am supposed to pass these on, but I have come down the the horrible flu bug, and my head just wont work properly at the moment. So if you dont mind I will pass, but I just wanted to upload these on my blog, so that you girls could see that I have taken notice of them.

Thanks

Lyndsey xx

Another 2 challenges with 1 card

Am on a roll tonight, I have even joined in with a challenge I dont have on my list. This card covers the Sketch & Stash challenge which is a fab sketch,where you have to use something new or something forgotton & also the Pollycraft challenge which is doodleling. This is the first time I have entered either of these challenges, but thanks to the lovely Dawny P who sent me this great image I have been able to enter the Pollycraft one.





The image is a lovely little pollycraft elf, the papers are a mix of Papermania sweet nothings & and my new scrumptious ones. Ribbon from the Range and flowers & gems from stash. I have doodled hearts in the border around the image. I added extra flowers to the design as 1 just didnt look right and added the extra ribbon along the top to balance out the bottom. Hope thats ok.


Lyndsey xx

2 Challenges 1 card

This week I have decided that I am going to complete all the challenges that I have listed on my blog. So far I have never managed to do this, so I have set myself this little challenge. I am also going to try and get my sample cards done for the demo, whilst encorporating these challenges. This first card covers Forever Friends Challenge blog which is your favorite colour & the new challenge blog Charisma Cards which is Pink. So as you have guessed my favorite colour is pink, however I have added in cream as the colour combo makes me think of my favorite chocolate from Thorntons which is a white one in their lovely little pink boxes.




I have sliced the front off the card on the digagonal for added interest and over layed the image. Then have decorated the inside which is where I have put the sentiment.
The image is a FF Decoupage, the papers are my new ones from Papermania Scrumptious collection, paper roses from the Range and ribbon box from the shop. I have also inked all the edges with Papaya Cream Colour box Q ink pad for definition.

The Inside


Again have used Scrumptious papers and a little notelet for the centre.

Lyndsey xx