Birthday Cat

Hi all,

The card I have to show you today I made following the Sketch Challenge over on the Trimcraft Website. It has now ended but a new sketch went up today if you fancy poping over.

I have used a cute as can be WRS stamp, First Edition Hideaway papers, LCI Sentiment Stamp ribbon, gems and my flowers have been made using 2 sizes of X-Cut daisy punches.

I have coloured the image in using promakers

Cat Main- Tulip Yellow, Buttercup & Primrose
Cat Patches - Coral, Apricot, Tulip Yellow
Cat Ears - Coral, Dusky Pink, Blush
Flowers & Icing on Cake - Antique Pink, Dusky Rose, Cocktail Pink
Cake - Satin, Blush

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

One Stitch at a time - Punch It

One Stop - Girly

Stamp Scrap & Doodle - Birthday

Thanks for popping by my blog today and for all the lovely comments you leave me they are much appreciated.

Lyndsey xx

Happy Birthday Mum

Hi all,

Today is my mums birthday, she has reached the big 50!!!, we are having little party for her on Saturday.
So I thought I would show you the card and gift bag I made her for her birthday. The bag is to hold a Chamilia Bracelet that me, my sister and brothers have put together to buy her.

I have made diamond front card for something a bit more special and used a negelected stamp that I got at the NEC in March and not inked up yet, which I have coloured with Promarkers. Although I did cheat and use a die cut image on the bag. The papers are First Edition Hideaway, Papermania Flowers and a bot of Ribbon to finish.


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

The Crazy Challenge - Birthdays

Stamps & Fun - Animals

Use it Tuesday - Uninked Stamps

Top Tip Tuesday - Birthday Time

Promarker Challenge - Beary Special

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Flowers

Scrap Creations - Unique Fold

Thanks for popping by my blog today.

Lyndsey xx

Christmas Kisses & Rude Comments

Hi all,

Today I have another christmas card for you, but firstly I know that recently there have been some rude, nasty & un-necessary comments being put on people blogs. Well yesterday I had one and feel quite angry about it, so I just have this to say :-

To whomever sent me that lovely!! comment. If you feel that my cards or what I post on here are not that impressive, then dont bother coming and looking at my blog. I will post what I like and write what I like its my blog!!!. To say that I dont deserve to have a "popular blog" (as you put it) is your opinion and I would rather you kept it to yourself instead of being nasty and spiteful. And please if you are going to leave these sort of comments on peoples blog at least have the decency to leave your name and not do it anomonusly, at least then we could come and look at your creations to see obviously how wonderful they must be!!! - Rant Over!!!!!

Anyway back to my card, I have as I said a christmas card and this one I have made for Hubby from Abbie. I have used an adorable Cute Square from LOTV again and papers from the same pack as yesterday. All the edges of the papers have been glittered and have been layed up with foam pads. A cute sentiment from Craftwork Cards and some glittery letters spell out the word DAD.

Thank you for popping by my blog today - sorry for the rant!!. I hope none of you have been on the receiving end of any of these nasty comments.

Lyndsey xx

Christmas Ted

Hi all,

Thought I would make a start on my christmas cards early this year. Every year I say i am going to and never end up doing so, always scrambling to to get them done in December. Last year I think hubby got his card on xmas eve (slap hands!!!!)

So I have made a few this week, a couple of general ones, one for hubby, one Dad card & one Brother card.

I do cheat a little on my xmas cards and tend to use either decoupage or pre-coloured images for quickness due to making so many, if you get a stamped xmas card from me I must really love you lol!!!. Today I am going to show you a card made using the fabby cute squares from LOTV. The ones I have have been discontinued now but you can get a similar thing. The papers a from papermania and I think are from 2 years ago, so pretty much trying to use up old stash before I open the new.

The only touches I have made to the image is to add a bit of glitter onto his hat, The snowflakes are MS punches and I matted everthing with Kraft Card.

Thanks for popping by today, will be back over the next few days with mores xmas cards.

Lyndsey xx

Bunch of Love

Hi all,

A very quick and simple card from me tonight, it needs a senitment but im not sure where yet. I have used a cute Penny Johnson stamp , coloured with promakers and First Edditon Love Letters Papers. A few Petaloo flowers and bit of organza ribbon to finish.

Promakers used -

Bear - Cocoa, Caramel, Sandstone, Blender Pen
Flowers - Antique Pink, Dusky Rose, Pastel Pink - Leaves Olive, Moss, Pear Green
Ribbon, Petrol Blue, Duck Egg, Cool Aqua

Thanks for popping by today

Lyndsey xx

Just a Note

Hi all,

I really enjoyed using the sweet sugar nellie Gorjuss stamp earlier this week, that I just had to dig another one out and give her an inking. I have used the gorjuss image Just a Note and made a card for my Niece whos birthday is later this month. I have teamed her with some bright and fresh MME papers and added a few flowers to finish, just a simple layout and style again as I cant seem to create something a bit more fancy for the life of me at the moment.

I have coloured the image with promarkers and used the following colours :-

Hair - Black, Cool Grey 5, 3 & 1

Skin - Coral, Dusky Pink, Satin - Pastel Pink (cheeks)

Dress - Petrol Blue, Duck Egg, Cool Aqua

Boots - Antique Pink, Cocktail Pink, Pastel Pink

Thanks for popping by my blog today and to those who left such lovely comments on my last post. It means a lot that you still popped back over to me after such a long time away.

I am trying to get round to catching back up with all of you, but still need lots more blogging hours before I finally manage it.

Lyndsey xx

Just a Girl

Hi all,

Well finally I have a post, sorry I havent been round for ages things have been hetic around here for the last few months.
Things have also been happening here that have basically left me with no time or inclin to craft anyway.
Well I have finally made a decision regarding things here and I have decided to close my shop, it has been a very disapointing 6 months for sales and things have not gone to plan so after just 2 years I have called it a day.
It has been a very stressfull time for myself and my family but we are starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel and the shop should be closed within the next few weeks.
I will continue to teach my cardmaking classes, but other than that have no idea as to what I am going to be doing, hopefully I will get some freelance design work that I used to do before for magazines and stuff. It will also mean that I will have time for non work crafting and I can get crafty and hopefully get my mojo back.

Anyway today is my BF's birthday and there was no way I was going to give her a shop brought card, so I dug my stuff out last night and came up with this card. Its quite simple in design and I havent gone OTT with embellies but I like it. Infact I liked the image and colour combo that much it was my inspiration for this weeks class card.

The image is an old SN Gorjuss Girl and she is my fave, just plain and simple but lovely to colour. I have coloured her with Poly's, I do use PM's too but keep forgetting and leaving them down the shop - I love the difference you get with your colouring by using different mediums.
The flowers are an X-Cut punch and a bit of organza ribbon to finish.

Thanks for popping by my blog today, hopefully this post will be the start of many.

Lyndsey xx

Hippy Chick

Hi All,

Thought I would pop on today to show you a card I made my niece for her birthday off the kids. I have had it made a while and I did follow a sketch from somewhere but not sure where now (sorry).

The image is from Sugar Nellie and is one of the first Sassy Girls, I brought the set when it was released and this if the first time any of them have seen ink (slaps hands lol). She reminds me of being young in the summer, sitting in the school field making daisy chains during lunch break lol!!!

The papers are from Crate Paper - Bliss collection pack and I thought the funky colours suited the image perfectly.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

Fab N Funky - Summer Lovin

Papertake Weekly - Here comes the Sun

Anything Goes - Here comes Summer

Stampacular Sunday - Fun in the Sun

Thanks for popping by my blog today

Lyndsey xx



Lyndsey xx

Happy Anniversary

Hi all,

Today is my Wedding Anniversay, the hubby and I have been married for 9 years today although we have been together for 15 in total. I am at work this morning but finish at 1.30 then are off for a nice lunch at Cosmo, before picking the kids up from school.
This is the card I have made him, fairly simple with the embellies as he is not one to appreciate lots of girly stuff going on.

The image is from Ladybug Crafts Ink, Papers are MME, X-Cut punched hearts, Papermaina gems and a bit of string.

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

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Masuline

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Sweet Stamps - Wedding/Anniversary

The Stamping Boutique - Men Only

Cheerful Stamp Pad - Special Reason

Crafty Cardmakers - Love the lasting kind

There She Goes - Milestones

Craft Room Challenge - 1st Challenge Anything Goes

I would also like to show you a card that has been published in this months Creative Cardmaking Magazine. I sell the mag in my shop and a couple of months ago was asked (along with some other craft shops) to submit 3 cards showing creative ways of using double sided paper. They were then going to pick one to appear in the mag, this is the one they picked.

Basically I created a folded frame from the double sided paper and made a lollipop flower alternating the side of the paper that showed. The other 2 cards I made featured a paper windmill and paper weaving (not sure whats going to happen to them, but I do have pics somewhere which I will pop on when I can find them.

Thanks for popping by the blog today.

Lyndsey xx



Wedding Wishes

Hi all,

Well I have finally made a card, its been while and I have really struggled with my Mojo but had to get my backside in gear this last weekend and make my cousins wedding card.
As I was in the process (of trying to create a masterpiece) the latest issue of Cardmaking and Papercraft dropped through my letter box and there was a fab feature by the lovely Bev in there, I took inpsiration for this card from the one she did for the mag.

On the inside I made a little pocket on the LH side to hold an envelope of money (which was also decorated to match).

I was then feeling adventerous and so made a matching box

The image used was a LOTV Die Cut and I used MME Totally Girl papers (kindly brought me by a friend). Papermania Kraft cardstock and WOC flowers. The butterflies are a MS punch to which I added lots of stickles to make them sparkly.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

Lilli of the Valley - Punch it up

C.R.A.F.T - Wedding/Love

Craft us Crazy - Rememberance and or Love



Thanks for popping by my blog today.

Lyndsey xx