Bee Happy

Hi All,

One of my weekend makes today using this fab Penny Black Image. While having a route around I found some images already coloured and this was one of them. I love this cute little kitty and thought he would be suitable for the challenge over at Penny Black.

I teamed him with some more of my new MME papers this time from the Mabel pad. Added a bit of twill and buttons and some hand stiching round the edges

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

Penny Black - Card for a Male

Creative Inspirations - Plain & Simple (no more than 2 papers & 4 flowers)Well I only used 1 Paper (double sided) and 3 simple buttons

Thanks for popping by today, will be back tomorrow with another weekend make.


Lyndsey xx

For a special friend

Hi All,

Well I actually had a weekend off work this weekend, as the weather was so pants and I didnt manage to get to the trade show I was able to get some crafting done. It was lovely to have a good play and I also managed to use some of my fabby new MME papers (so lush!!!!). I also managed to make some of my cards fit some challenges, so all in all a pretty good weekend.

Todays card follows the fab sketch over on Sketch & Stash and uses a very neglected Sugar Nellie image and some gorgoeus new MME papers from the Hazel collection. The delish ribbon is also negelted stash from the NEC in Nov, I also used my new mini butterfly punch and Prima Crystal Swirls.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges.

Sketch & Stash - Sketch

Papertake Weekly - Putting on the Glitz (Prima Crystal Swirl)

Truly Scrumptious - Pearls & Swirls (Prima Crystal Swirl & Pearl Ribbon Slider)

Creative Card Crew - Friendship

Stampactular Sunday - Some One Special (card is for my best friend)

Thanks for popping by my blog today, hope you liked my card.

Lyndsey xx

LORA Crafts Sketch

Hi All,

I thought I would show you a card today made using the sketch over at my shops sketch blog HERE. Every Sunday I will be posting a new sketch and it would be great if some of you decided use it , if you do leave me a comment with a link to your post and I will be sure to pop over and have a look.

This is not a challenge blog at the moment just some sketches for inspiration. Each week I will also try and pop a sample card up using the sketch as well.

So onto my card, I have used some new papers that I have just had in the shop and a very fashionable stamp from Ladybug Crafts Ink. I have added some hand stitching and made my own paper flowers using nesties, a Sacer & Pearl Brad, adding a bit of ribbon to finish.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

Cute Card Thursday - Shiny Happy Cards - Something shiny on your Card (metal spacer)

Stamp Something - Something Funky - Bright Papers, Image etc (my papers are def bright)

Charisma - Spring has Sprung - Spring Colours, Images etc (pink and green def spring colours)

One Stop Cards - Birthday Card

Thanks for popping by blog today

Lyndsey xx

Temper Temper!!

Hi All,

I would like to show you my card today made using another LOTV stamp, I love this liitle girl having a temper tantrum. Obviously she didnt get the present she expected lol!!!!



Papers are Cosmo Cricket, MS Border Punch, Ribbon & Flower from my shop.

I would also like to introduce to you a new blogging buddy today, my friend Diane has set up her own blog and has a couple of Nikki cards on there at the moment. Her cards are lovely and she often helps me make samples for the shop so well worth a look. You will find her blog HERE.

Thanks for popping by today.

Lyndsey xx

Young Love - Young Designers

Hi All,

Thought I would share my blog today with 2 new designers lol!!!!. Here are the cards that Oli (9)& Abbie (4) have made for their valentines tomorrow.

They raided my stash and found this lovely FF decoupage and papers, I think they did a fab job and they are both very proud of their efforts.

Hopefully will be back later today with my card for hubby, thanks for popping by

Lyndsey xx

Birthday Wishes

Hi All,

Bet you didnt expect me back this soon, going by my track record lol!!!, well I had a day off yesterday so managed to get a couple more cards made yay!!. Not after having a bit of a day though, Oli had been moaning about tooth ache so I manged to get him into the dentist, well to cut a long story short the tooth had to be pulled. One very unhappy & upset boy came out of that dentist, I tell you its a wonder you didnt hear the scream, but all's better now and no more tooth ache for him.

So my card today uses - guess !!!! yes another the fabulous LOTV Cute Square, this time I have teamed the fabby little fairy with the gorgeous Pink Petticoat paper pack that came FREE with this months Quick Cards Made Easy !!, very pretty designs although the paper seems a bit thin, but still very lovely.

Thanks for popping by my blog today

*A few of my ladies in the shop have been asking me about layouts so I have set up a another blog with some sketches that I use on my cards, this one will be on there shortly. You will find the blog here , if you do use a sketch I would love to see your creations so please leave me a link.

Lyndsey xx

Make a Wish

Hi all,

Well I didnt think it would be a month before I managed to get round to posting again, but I have been pretty busy making samples for the Demo Day we had.

Anyway I have managed to make a quick card using a gorgeous cute square from LOTV, I love these they are so great when you cant be bothered to stamp & colour.



Image - LOTV
Papers - Cosmo Cricket
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Sentiment - Ladybug Crafts Ink
Punch - MS Border Punch
Gems, Pin & Ribbon from stash

Thanks for not abandoning me and popping by my blog today

Lyndsey xx

Dont drop the cake!!!!

Hi all and Happy New Year, hope you all had a great christmas. Not like us, we were all bad with various illnesses between us so christmas was pretty much a damp squid.

Anyway not been blogging for a while or done anything crafty really, but today finally felt like having a bit of a play after catching up on 3 weeks worth of HW!!.

I decided it was time I had a play with some of my stash I got at the NEC in Nov (shamefully its hardly been touched). One of the many items I got were quite a few LOTV stamps, so I had nosy and found a great sketch over on their challenge blog, so it would be rude not to play along lol!!



Stamp - LOTV
Papers - Cosmo Cricket
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Gems - Papermania
Ribbon & Button - Stash from my shop

Tools- Spellbinders Nesties, Martha Stewart Border Punch, Sizzix Corner Dies

Well thanks for popping by my blog today, I hope to be a bit more regular with my postings this year but you never can tell- life has this habit of getting in the way.

Lyndsey xx

For the Boys!!!

Taking a break from the christmas cards I made a few male cards this week using the fabulous cute squares from the LOTV. They a so quick to use and make a great card in next to no time, with the vintage boys pack only some of the image is coloured so I used my poly's just to add a bit more colour to the image.








The papers all all basic grey from the Oliver & Pyrus collections, the kraft card is actually Papermania sq card blanks which I was very dissapointed with as they are def not strong enough to be a blank so have used them for matting and layering. Buttons, ribbon and string are all from my shop.

Thanks for popping by today.

Lyndsey xx

Cute Squares = quick and easy christmas cards

Hi All,

Hope those of you that went are all fully recovered from the NEC, I had such a fab time and spent lots of money. I went on the Thursday with my hubby, then went back on Saturday with Fern. Bumped into a few bloggin buddies - Heidi, Jacqui, Sarah, Becky it was great to meet you and have a little chat.

One of the things I spent my money on was some of the fabulous Cute Squares from LOTV, such great value and brilliant for making quick cards. Obviously the only downside to them is you cant colour them to match your papers, but im sure most of us have enough different papers to find some that match lol !!

Thought I would show you a couple of quick cards I made using some of the christmas squares.

The papers are Papermania and Crafts-Too, Craftwork cards sentiments, MS border punches, Nesties. Ribbon & Flowers were from the NEC.

Anybody a Take That fan, if so did you get the new album and what do you think about it. Very different I feel and cant really make up my mind about it, love a couple of the songs but not sure on some gonna have to listen to it a few more times before I make my mind up.

Thanks for popping by my blog today.

Lyndsey xx