My little Frog Prince - DT for Wags N Whiskers

Hi all,

Its time for a new challenge over at Wags n Whiskers, boy did we have a lot of entries for the last challenge the birthday theme was obviously very popular. We have a another nice and easy theme for you this fortnight

Favorite Colour Combo

So anything goes as long as you show us your favorite colours.

For my card I have chosen to use the very cute and adorable image Millies Little Prince which is available in either Digi or Rubber form.

My fave colour combo is Pink & Blue especially the pastel shades of those 2 colours so thats what I went with, although my pink is more of a peachy pink.

I have teamed Millie with some fabby papers from the Princess Fairytale collection from Dovecraft, a few WOC flowers, MS butterfly punch, pearls and blue satin ribbon.

Please do pop on over to the challenge blog and check out my teams mates fabulous creations, if you join in with the challenge you could win yourself a fab W&W Rubber Stamp.

Thanks for popping by my blog today, be sure to check back tomorrow to see my DT for Totally Gorjuss & Little Claire.

Lyndsey xx

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

Just Some Lines - Layer it Up

I love Promarkers - In the Garden

Papercrafting Journey - Anything Goes

Whimsy Stamps - Lots of Layers

Digital Tuesday - Childs Play

Feline Purrrrrfect - DT for Milkcoffee

Hi all,

Its time for a new challenge over at Milkcoffee and as we have some fabby newly released Halloween images this fornight our theme is 

Halloween

For my card I have used the fabulous Sexy Cat Girl Tiffany and used a gorgeous Pink & Black colour combo. As I don't do Halloween cards I turned Tiffany into a bit of a glamour puss and gave her some fabulous pink sparkly boots - I would soooo love a pair of these!!!. I also used one of my fave colour combos Black & Pink.

I teamed Tiffany with some BeUnique papers from ages ago, a few WOC flowers and some lovely pink Tulle and spotty organza ribbon.

Please pop on over to the Challenge Blog and check out my team mates creations, join in the fun with us and you could win your choice of 3 digis.

Thanks for popping by my blog today, please pop back tomorrow to see my DT card for Wags N Whiskers.

Lyndsey xx

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

Crop Stop - Flowers, Dots & Bling

A&T Emerald Faeries - Bling

Papertake Weekly - Spots & Stripes

Sassy Cheryl's - Fave Colour Combo (black & pink)

Kids Card Class

Hi all,

Well I am looking after my niece and younger brother today as both moms are at work, and whilst I was working on some DT cards they asked if they could craft too.

They made some lovely cards and coloured all the images and cut papers to size and everything all by themselves, so I thought I would show you their creations.

Abigail (6)

Katie (11)

Charlie (13)

And here they are enjoying themselves

I think they made a smashing job so would like to enter their cards into the following challenges

Simon Says Stamp Kids Challenge -Anything Goes

Little Hands Challenge - Anything Goes

Weekly Blog Project

Hi all,

Its my turn to do the blog project over at Little Claire this week and I have chosen to show how to make a fabby little Triple Tier Easel Card using a fab new release called Rufus Owl.

For all details and full instructions on how to make this card please pop on over to the Little Claire Blog.

Thanks for popping by my blog today, sorry I haven't been around commenting much have been all over the place since I got back from my hols hopefully will catch up with you all soon.

Lyndsey xx

Unto us a child is born

Hi all,

Day 4 of the new Christmas stamps release from Little Claire and today we have another double release for you.

First up is Away in a Manager, very similar to the Polar Hugs stamp, so not a lot of colouring needed so perfect for making those large qty's of cards. 

This card I have used a Die Cut Easel Card available from little Claire and have kept my design quite simple. the papers are Dovecraft Christmas collection, finished off with another of those fabby white flowers and satin ribbon. 

Again another simple card using the Dovecraft Christmas papers, the star behind the image has been made using a folding technique which I found HERE. 

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The second release for today is called Robin Redbreast, this is another one of my faves from the release and although looks quite detailed was lovely to colour and work with.

The papers on both of the cards are from papermania and are a couple of years old, but such lovely muted colours. A few punched snowflakes, ribbon and white christmas flowers finish them off perfectly.

Thanks for popping by my blog today, please pop by the Little Claire Blog and see what my team mates have created using these stamps. Tomorrow I have the last of the release for you and trust me its a cutie.

Lyndsey xx

Double Whammy

Hi all,

I have a rather long picture heavy post for you today, its the second day of the release of the new Little Claire Christmas stamps and we have decided to show you not one but two stamps today!!.

So first up is Christmas Silhouette, a very traditional image and as its a silhouette it means no colouring at all!!!. Now I have to admit I was a bit stumped when I first saw this stamp, but once I got going I couldn't stop.

 So for the first sample, I took a wooden frame I picked up from the £1 shop covered it with white acrylic paint, sanded it down and added some gorgeous dotty organza ribbon and Kraft flower. The image was also stamped on Kraft card to give it a more vintage feel, the Poinsettia Die is a Marianne Design. The little sentiment comes with the image.

For the second sample, I stamped the image onto tissue paper which I then burnished onto a candle and added punched borders and ribbon for decoration.

Finally I made a little faux tealight holder, again make a Kraft Poinsettia flower and added a punched border and dotty organza ribbon for decoration

All three items together, they make a fabby little gift set don't you think?.

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The second release for today is called Christmas Joy, this stamp has a bit of a folksy feel to it. Now I have to admit I love this stamp and really enjoyed colouring it and making samples with this.

The papers on this card are last years papermania Noel range and I think they just looked fab teamed with the red cardstock. The flower is from a large bag of mixed white flowers from QVC shop (thanks Jan) and some gorgeous dotty organza ribbon (thanks Hazel) to finish.

The papers on this card are from the Papermana Mistletoe Kisses range and again I teamed them with some fab red cardstock. The Die Cut is a Marianne Design and the ribbon was a gift as above.

Well I hope you made it to the end of the post, please pop back tomorrow to see another release, and dont forget to pop over to the Little Claire Blog and see what my team mates have been up to using these stamps.

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Christmas Silhouette & Christmas Joy  are available on the Little Claire website now, but here is a special offer for you:

Call us: 0151 342 5715 TODAY & up to 11am tomorrow (Wed. 08.08.12) and you can buy either or both stamps for just £3.50 each (no further discount) these stamps will cost £5.50 after tomorrow.

That's a great bargain, this offer is only available if you call us, the stamps are £5.50 online, so ring and speak to either Carol, Steve or Gill!

Lyndsey xx

On top of the world

* I am demoing at Hobbycraft, Bentley Bridge, Wednesfield this Sat 11/8 from 11am - 3pm I would love to see anyone who lives in the area and follows my blog *

Hi all,

Today sees the start of the release of some new Christmas images from Little Claire, us girls have been working very hard on the samples throughout July and I tell you it did feel a bit weird making Christmas cards before I went on my hols. I don't normally start mine until late October lol!!

So to start us off we have Polar Hugs, such a cute little stamp and very easy to colour - in fact hardly needs any colouring at all, would be great for batch making.

I teamed the stamp with some papers from last years Dovecraft Christmas collection, a bit of satin ribbon and a few pearls. The Die Cut on the first card is a Marianne Design and flower on the bottom card is made from a large bag of mixed white flowers from the QVC shop (thanks Jan) and a Dovecraft 3" Holly punch. Both card blanks are available from the Little Claire Store.

Thanks for popping by my blog today, please pop back tomorrow to see another new release and if you like pop on over to the Little Claire Blog to see what my team mates have done with this stamp.

Lyndsey xx

Fairy birthday wishes

Hi all,

Well I have some exciting news to share with you today, I am now part of the Wags N Whiskers design team oh boy do they have some gorgeous images to work with. Today I am joining in with my first challenge have my first DT card to show you.

The theme for the challenge has been set by the lovely Tanya and she has chosen

Birthdays

So a nice and easy one for you.

I have chosen to use a gorgeous fairy on my card called Laila and she is available in Rubber or as a Digi. I 

have made my card really bright and cheery and tried something a bit different with the hair - I have to admit I really enjoyed colouring this little beauty in and had a fab time doing the pink hair lol!!!

The papers I have used were free with a craft mag a while ago, some gorgeous WOC flowers and some fabby printed ribbon from Dovecraft.

Thanks for popping by my blog today, please do pop back soon as from Monday the Little Claire team will be showcasing the new Christmas images for you.

Lyndsey xx

Summer Flowers

*Edited - This will be my last card for Cardmadfairys Challenge as Jenni has decided to take a break, hope to be back with them in about 6 months *

Hi all,

Its time for a new challenge over at Cardmadfairy's and this fortnight we would like to see a

Floral Image

Now it can be any kind of floral image as long as its a Digi Image.

So for my card I decided to make a Double Centre Step Card, which was what I had been teaching my class last week. I love stepper cards and think they look so effective.

I teamed my image with some pretty papers from the Dovecraft London Line collection, added a few WOC flowers and a bit of gingham ribbon and punched butterflies to finish.

Please do pop on over to the challenge blog and check out my team mates fabulous creations, also if you pop back tomorrow I have some exciting news to share.

Lyndsey xx

Window Watching

Hi all,

Today sees a new challenge over at Milkcoffee and this week our theme is

Tic, Tac, Toe otherwise known as Bingo!!!

So here is the grid that you need to follow either Horizontally, Vertically or Digaonally

So for my card I have used the gorgeous Coco in the Window, I'm not sure if you can see it too clearly in the picture but I have cut out the windows and placed acetate behind the frames to look like real windows. I have followed the line 2 Papers - Flowers - Die Cut.

Please pop on over to the challenge blog and check out my team mates creations, join in the fun for your chance to win 3 Digi's of your choice.

Thanks for popping by my blog today.

Lyndsey xx