2 Cards & very exciting news

Its my mums birthday today and here are the cards I made her. The one off the kids is following the sketch over on Sunday Sketch & Stamp, and the one off us didnt follow any challenges at all.



Image is Sugar Nellie, Papers are Crafts-Too, Flowers K&Co. decoupage pad, Papermania shimmer dots & computer generated sentiment.




Close up front


Close up back


Image Fairy Doodles, Papers K&Co Que Sera Sera, Petaloo flowers, MS branch punch, Papercellar raffia lace, Papermania gem stones.

And finally, my exciting news is.................................... I have finally been given the date for my shop, as of next Wed 23rd Sept I will offical own my own business and LORA Crafts will be open for Trading.

Lyndsey xx

Nieces birthday = 2 challenges

Its my niece's 5th Birthday on Monday so I have made her 2 cards one off us & 1 off the kids. For a bit of inspiration for them I have followed to sketch challenges. A Spoon full of Sugar & Sunday Sketch & Stamp.

A Spoon full of Sugar



The image is a fab digi stamp from CC Designs, Papers are K&Co wild raspberry, K&Co die cut flower, Craftwork Cards oval sentiment. Ribbon & Buttons from stash.

Sunday Sketch & Stamp


Image is Sugar Nellie matted using Oval Nesties, papers are K&Co Que Sera Sera, Petaloo flowers, Papermania pearl brads & adhesive Shimmer Dots, Craftwork Cards oval sentiment.


Thanks for looking
Lyndsey xx

Sketch & Stash

Another sketch challenge card from me today & another new Sugar Nellie stamp. I fell in love with this little gorjuss girl with her crown on her head, Abbie loves dressing up as a princess and has a few of the Disney Princess dresses so this stamp reminds me of her.





The image is Sugar Nellie, papers are Crafts-Too, Petaloo flowers, Craftwork Cards oval sentiment, Craftime ribbon & flower charm.


Lyndsey xx

Friday Sketchers

I made this card following the sketch over on Friday Sketchers, I am having a lot of fun at the moment playing with my new sugar and this is one of my new stamps. She is called dreamer and my kids thinks she looks like me!!!. I have rotated the sketch as it fitted my image better.



Image Sugar Nellie, Papers K&Co Amy Butler Belle, Petaloo flowers, Craftwork Cards oval sentiment, Paper Cellar Raffia Lace.

NOTE : (All items except the stamp will be available from my shop)

Lyndsey xx

Sugar Bowl Sketch

It seems ages since I managed to make a card for a challenge, but when some gorgeous new sugar dropped through my letter box today I knew I had to make a card for the Sugar Bowl Challenge. There is a fabby sketch to follow with the added extra of buttons, for these I have added little flower shaped buttons in the centres of my flowers.




The image is Poise from the Leanne Ellis collection at Sugar Nellie, papers are K&Co Wild Raspberry, Petaloo flowers, Craftime ribbon & fibre, Papermania pearl brad, Paper Celler raffia lace, buttons from stash.
All the items with the exception of the SN stamp are available to buy from my shop (when it opens lol!!!)

Lyndsey xx

1st Christmas Card

As you know I have been getting lots of stock in for the shop, and somehow some of the items have jumped out of their boxes and said they wanted to stay with me !!!!.

I fell in love with 2 gorgeous new stamps from Penny Black, so I had to make something with them. This card was originally supposed to go on the shop's inspiration blog, but I got carried away and added some things onto it which we dont sell. I dont want to put anything on the shop's blog with items we dont sell as I feel its unfair to the customers.

Image is Penny black and is called Hand Mailed, papers are Crafts-Too, Papermania shimmer dots & pearl brad, Craftwork Cards oval sentiment, Hobbycraft snowflake punch. The image has been matted using Nesties.

The other item I made is a little money holder, if you want to take a peak you will find it HERE.

Lyndsey xx

Happy 40th Birthday

Tomorrow is my best friends 40th Birthday and I wanted to make her a special card. I came across this fabulous design Debby's blog and I was so inspired I followed the link for the template and this is my interpretation.

Images are from a clear stamp set from PI, papers are K&Co, Petaloo flowers, MS branch punch, Nesties & Papermania adhesive shimmer dots.

All the above items are available from my shop (when it opens), please see here for full details and prices.

Thanks for looking

Lyndsey xx

Award

Hi everyone,

Sorry about the serious lack of posting lately, I have had a lot on with the shop. I have ordered lots of goodies in ready for the opening day and most of them have come bulk packed so I have been packing them all up separately in nice little hanging bags and it has taken a lot of time.

I have been given this award from the lovely Pat so I thought I would pop it up. Thanks Pat is was lovely of you to think of me.

Lyndsey xx

Long time no cards

Hi everyone, I am finally back with a few cards. Last night was the first time in ages that I have had time to sit down and craft. I got the MME Bloom & Grow and Wild Asparagus a few weeks ago and have been dying to use it so I gave it an airing last night.


This first card is following the fab sketch over on the Sugar Bowl, I got out some of my little SN cuties as I thought they went so well with the B&G papers so it seems adpt that the first card I made was for this challenge.

This second card follows the sketch over on Sketch & Stash, my new items are my Papers & my old item is my fabulous SN stamp Sweet & Sassy.

Finally this 3rd card is following the fab sketch over on Friday Sketchers, and again using a SN image this time the adorable Daisy.

Papers - MME Bloom & Grow 6 x 6 paper pad

Images - Sugar Nellie

Flowers - MME Bloom & Grow Decoupage Pad

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards oval sentiment

Brads - Papermania Pearl Brads

Hope you enjoyed looking.

For those that are interested, there is a link at the top of this blog to my new blog for the shop LORA Crafts. At the moment I am giving you sneeky peaks of the goodies that will be arriving soon. I plan to keep it updated with new stock items and sample ideas for these items, check it out and let me know what you think.

Lyndsey xx

Hol Photos

Hi all,

I am back off my hols and thought I would pop a couple of piccys up for you to have a look at. We stayed at the Pontins stite in prestatyn and had a fantastic time, the weather was great(we all have lovely sun tans), good company, good food and good times. Had a couple of little wins on the bingo, saw a fabulous Take That tribute group and really enjoyed ourselves. Oli and Abbie just had a brilliant time, we went out on a few little day trips to Llandudno (and yes I visited the big craft shop there) went up the Great Orme on the Tram & Rich took Oli out to sea on a speedboat ride. Visited the ruins of Conwy Castle which was just magnificent and went into Rhyl a few times, we did so much I would bore you with all the details if I carried on. Abbie really came out of her shell and was up dancing to all the party records with Captain Croc and the gang and attached herself to a few of the Bluecoats, who all fell in love with her and kept telling us how great they thought she was. No-one wanted to come home really, but as we told them if Daddy doesnt go back to work and Mummy dosent get the shop sorted they wont have a holiday next year. Anyway I will leave you with a few picks, and them im off to have a good old blog hop over the next couple of days (in bewteen the washing and ironing!!!!).

And just to temp you all!!!!!, it was Rich's birthday while we where away so we went out for a meal. This was my pudding yummy chocolate fudge cake & ice cream delish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lyndsey xx