Birthday Girl for Secret Crafter

* UPDATED Mon 2nd March* Have also decided to enter this card in the Colour Create challenge, whos colours this week are Brown & Blue.

I made this card following the sketch for Secret Crafter and decided that I like the colour scheme for the Basic Grey card so much I did another in the same colours. This time I used chick-a-dee instead of daisy.



The image is Sugar Nellie, paper is Basic Grey Offbeat, fabric flowers & gems are Papermania, sentiment is Craftwork Cards and the corners are from a Sizzix die cut out on the Big Shot.

Lyndsey xx

Daisy for a special sister

I am going to try and get in front this year with my birthday cards, I usually leave them to the last minute. My sisters birthday is 9 days after mine so its not really that far away now. I decided to use my new Daisy stamp and have tried to fit the card in with a challenge. I have done the card using the colours Blue & Brown which were a combination you could pick for the Basic Grey Challenge.


The image is Sugar Nellie, papers are Basic Grey Offbeat collection, flower is 2 poppicafts doctored to fit together, Dovecraft brad, the gems are Papermania and I coloured them with a permanent marker to match the colour scheme, finished with a Craftwork Card oval sentiment.

Lyndsey xx

Chick-a-Dee in Pink & Grey

I decided to have a go at the Colour Create challenge, this week the colours are Pink & Grey. I dont think I could have picked a harder week to join, I could not find any pink or grey papers at all. In the end I went for grey cardstock and some white paper with pink flowers on, hope its ok. The added extra was cute and cuddly, well I think this image is sooo cute and the little chick is quite cuddly. Hope you like the image it is my first one I have coloured with promarkers, does it look ok.



The image is a new Sugar Nellie stamp called Chick-a-Dee, not sure who the paper is buy I just found it in my stash. Ribbon & gems are papermania, the flowers have been made using 2 different size X-Cut flower punches, the sentiment is by Craftwork Cards.

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

MIL Birthday meets the Sugar Bowl

Its my mother in laws birthday on Thursday and I have made her these 2 cards, one off us and one off the kids. As they both feature Sugar Nellie images and only 1 piece of patterned paper, I am entering them into this challenge.

This one is off Rich and me, the image is by Leanne Ellis at Sugar Nellie coloured in with whipsers pens and them chalked over using orange & yellow chalks. (you cant really see it in the pic but it does look a lot more distressed IRL .The pape is My Minds Eye and I have dulled it down a bit again with some yellow & orange chalks. Flowers are Prima with a charm from ebay, little pink gems from Papermania and lace from my shop. I have also done some REAL!!!! stitching round the edges of the paper & the image. (Dont know why the flower looks so bright on the pic IRL it actually matches the paper).

This one is off the kids and I have used another SN stamp called Sweet & Sassy, The paper is My Minds Eye an again I have stitched around the edge. Flower is Prima & Poppicraft with a Dovecraft flower brad in centre, Dovecraft organza ribbon and the sentiment I have generated on the computer.

Lyndsey xx

With Love for Friday Sketchers

Fabulous sketch over on the Friday Sketchers Challenge blog this week. I have yet again used a new Sherbet (can you tell I love them!!!) and picked some fun and funky papers to add a bit of brightness to this chilly day. I have sliced my card off on the diagonal to fit the sketch and I kinda like how it looks.



My little lovely sherbet has been coloured in using Whispers pens, papers are Papermania Spring Burst, Papermania pearl brads and sentiment sticker. The flower is poppicrafts with a Dovecraft flower brad in the centre and the swirl and corner piece were made using my Big Shot and a Sizzix die.

Lyndsey xx

Truely Scrumptious meets Sherbet

There is a fabby sketch to follow over on a new challenge blog Truely Scrumptious. I decided to use one of my new Sherbet's from polycraft, and went with a nice bright colour combo. I have to say I loved working with this sketch, and really like how the card has turned out. I have done the inside as well but didnt bother to put a piccy up as I do them all mostly the same.



I coloured sherbet in using Whispers pens, the papers are Basic Grey Cupcake, flower is a mixture of Poppicraft, Prima and a Dovecraft flower brad, Dovecraft ribbon and Papermania sticker sentiment and small pearl gems.

Lyndsey xx

Get well Soon !!

The theme over at the Penny Black challenge is to create a get well soon card.



I found this lovely piece of paper in the Basic Grey cupcake pack and I just think its gorgeous, so I based my card around the paper. The image is a PB stickeroo and the scalloped circle has been cut out using my Big Shot and then the holes have been punched using my Cropodile. The flower little gems in the top corners and sticker sentiment are from Papermania and the ribbon is Dovecraft.

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