Pilot

I have been so busy trying to finish assignments, that the card making had to take a back burner, luckily assignments are finished and 8 have managed a card today. I have used a LOTV digital image, coloured with chameleon pens.  The paper is from the paper stack magazine.

I would like to enter this into 

crafty Catz whose challenge is ATG with the optional twist of Male/ Father’s Day

Daring card makers  whose challenge is come fly with me 

Thank you for looking 

Lyn

Summer

Still not feeling 100 percent, but have at least managed to do some cards, although I seem to be clean and simple at the moment.  My latest offering is using a free caravan stamp from creative stamping magazine, along with the bunting and sentiment.  My idea of summer.

I would like to enter this card into

The paper players  theme of summer vacation

Just us girls word week and it’s Retro ( I think the caravan is a retro one)

Thank you for looking

Lyn

Flamingo

Todays card is a clean and simple one.  I have used a flamingo stamp and sentiment which came with a  crafters companion magazine.  The image has been coloured with chameleon pens.  Not sure if I like the water pool but it will have to do

I would like to enter this into 

Clean and simple on Fridays whose challenge is birds

Crazy for CAS whose theme is birds

Happy little stampers clean and simple funny 

Thank you for looking 

Lyn 

Golfer

Todays card is for a colleague whose birthday is coming up, he loves golf so thought this image was very appropriate.  It is a lili of the Valley Digi image which I have coloured using chameleon pens.  The papers are from a paper piazz pad that I have had for ages.

I would like to enter this into 

Dragonfly dreams whose challenge is for a man/boy

Crafty Calender whose challenge is masculine 

Crafty friends challenge  whose challenge is Men/boys 

My time to craft whose challenge is let’s get Krafty (to use Kraft card  - all my mats are kraft card)

Thank you for looking 

Lyn

#14

have been feeling really rough for a couple of weeks, and have been feeling totally drained.  I had to make a card for a 14th birthday, so made myself sit down at the desk and make one.  It has taken me forever, but hey I did it.  I used the sketch from sketch Saturday as I love it, the image is a lili of the valley Digi stamp, I think it’s jasmine phone.  The image was coloured using chameleon pens.  The papers are from the paper stack books and the teal card is tonic.

I would like to enter this intoSketch Saturday

Craftyhazelnuts patterned paper challenge challenge to use patterned paper 

Thank you for looking 

Lyn

The last Sunday card

This card was made specifically to meet the colour requirements of the paper players this week. It also fits into others as well.  I have used my old faithful Tim Holtz wild flowers dies and a word die which I think is a sizzix one.  I did not have the actual colours required for the paper players but I think I am pretty close.

I would like to enter this into 

The Paper Players which is a colour challenge 

AAACards. Whose challenge is clean and simple using a third of the card with the optio of bright colours 

Crafty friends challenge whose challenge is to use more than one die 

Thank you for looking 

Lyn

Elephants

Today I have made a card following the sketch on sketch Saturday.  Again I have used a freebie stamp and sentiment.  I water coloured the image as trying to practise this method.

I would like to enter this into 

Sketch Saturday sketch 

The Library Challenge  all creatures great and small

 Fabrikafantasy whose challenge is animals

Thank you for looking 

Lyn

Horizon

last card for today and it’s a clean and simple one. Used Judikins stamps for the image and a freebie for the sentiment

I would like to enter this into Addicted to CAS whose word this week is Horizon 

Thank you for looking 

Lyn

Be bold

There is a woman at work who is moving to another department at another location, which we only found out at at the end of week, and her last day with us is Monday, so I have made her a good luck card.  The large letters are crafters companion and the small letters are diamond press dies.

I hope this meets the challenge at Just us girls which is bold letters
And
Crazy 4 challenges  which is to create a card with flowers

Thank you for looking

Lyn

Black and white

The first of today’s cards is a black and white creation.  I love this combination, saves me spending hours trying to decide what colours go together.  I have used lisa Horton dies and the girl stamp was yet again a freebie from a magazine

I would like to enter this into

 Moving along with the times whose challenge is black and white only.

A gem of a challenge  which is anything goes

Thank you for looking 

Lyn 

Friends

Today I have made a card just because I could.  I have used yet another freebie stamp and sentiment from a magazine (I do buy some as well).  The paper is from the paper stack magazine and the pink card is from my stash.  I have used my favourite lace and some flowers from the boxful that I have.

I would like to enter this into 

Crafty sentiments designs  whose challenge is lace and ribbon 

Ellibellies corner challenge of feminine or add a sentiment or both

The paper players whose theme is friendship 

Allsorts challenge whose challenge is pretty in pink 

Thank you for looking 

Lyn

Keeping it real

I really wanted to do the sketch from sweet sketch Wednesday, so here is my take on the sketch.

I have to say I love the sketch and will be using it again.  I have used a lily of the valley stamp and coloured the image with watercolour pencils, the other 2 stamps the sentiment and the pocket watch are from my draw of stamps and I am not sure what make they are.

I would like to enter this into 

Sweet sketch Wednesday 2  which is the sketch above 

Cardz 4 Guyz  Whose challenge is whatever the weather

Thank you for looking 

Lyn

Circle slider

following on from a bee card yesterday, I thought I would do another one today, but made this a circle slider card so that it met a movement theme.  The bee is from a sizzix die, just had to card the bee out, the amber card is what was still on my desk from yesterday, the beehive and nest were freebie stamps as was the sentiment.

I would like to enter this into 

Just us girls  who like to see movement or the suggestion of 

Try it on Tuesday  whose theme is wings 

Thank you for looking 

Lyn

One layer

I have made a one layer card, very clean and simple for the sort of occasion that you never want to make a card for.  The image was a freebie from a magazine and the sentiment was the same.  The image has been watercoloured.

I would like to enter this card into 

Just add ink  theme of sympathy 

My time to craft  theme is clean and simple 

Addicted to stamps and more. Clean and simple 

Thank you for looking 

Lyn

Busy bee

So today I thought I would use the sketch on freshly made sketches for my card.  I used harmony inks  to colour the top card, and used a chocolate baroque stamp on it for the honeycomb.  The bottom card is plain amber coloured.  The bee stamp is also a chocolate baroque stamp and the sentiment was a free one from a magazine.

I would like to enter this into Freshly made sketches

Always fun challenges whose theme is bees or chicks 

Make my Monday whose theme is wings 

Thank you for looking 

Lyn

Got catnip?

Last one for today.   I have used an old wooden mounted stamp for this card, but I have to say I love it which is why I have kept it.  All the paper is from a paper stack magazine/book and the sentiment is from a set of cat sentiments.

I would like to enter this into The paper players whose challenge this week is a sketch

Dare2BArtzy whose challenge is animals

Dragonfly dreams  which is to include an animal

Thank you for looking

Lyn

On a roll

So here is my second card for today.  I have made this because I just love this stamp which was a freebie from creative stamping magazine a while back and I have to say I think the sentiment is a favourite of mine at the moment.  The sentiment is by Lisa Horton

I would like to enter this card into 

Catch the bug challenge  which is a photo inspiration

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And Just us girls which is also a photo inspiration 

 

Thank you for looking 

Lyn

One layer

So  I like to challenge myself and this week I read the rules and have used just one layer and the image features petals which is also a requirement.  The stamp is from a crafters companion collection and has been coloured using spectrum noir alcohol pens

I would like to enter this into 

Less is more whose challenge this week is a one layer card featuring buds or petals 

Patties creations design challenge  whose challenge is flowers 

Thank you for looking 

Lyn

Oh wise one

I was looking at challenges and found the paper players who wanted clean and simple and paper piecing, well I hadn’t done this technique for ages, so looked out a stamp that I thought would be suitable for paper piecing and found this woodware owl.  The owl has been paper pieced with scrap paper that I had left over from other projects, great for using these up.  So I made one card and then made another one using what I had left from the first owl.

I would like to enter this into 

The Paper Players challenge. Clean and simple + paper piecing 

Dare 2B Artsy whose challenge is to use an animal

AAA cards  whose challenge is along the edge ( hope the branch coming from the edge counts)

Thanks for looking

Lyn

CAS

Today I have gone for a clean and simple card again, I have used Tim Holtz dies to cut the flowers and an alternations embossing folder for the brickwork, and the butterfly is a Sizzix die.  The sentiment is from tonic.

I would like to enter this into 

Clean and simple on Friday whose challenge is butterflies.

Less is more whose challenge is subtle colours.

Thank you for looking 

Lyn 

Daffs

i have had this die for a while now, a freebie from a magazine, but not used until today.  I have used a variety of yellows, oranges and greens for this card. All white dotted card, scalloped green card and the sentiments are all cut using Lisa Horton dies.

I would like to enter this into

Just us Girls challenge which is a colour challenge this week to use green, orange a yellow ✅

Allsorts challenge which is bloosoms, butterflies, bugs.  I went for blossoms

My time to craft  challenge which is spring flowers


Aud sentiments challenge  which is to use happy birthday sentiment

Thank you for looking

Lyn

A bit of steampunk

I saw the sketch on sketch Saturday and immediately thought of cogs. So I die cut the cogs and the steampunk butterfly and used silver gilding wax on them both.   First outing for these dies and I can see them being used some more

I would like to enter this into 

Sketch Saturday

Simon says Wednesday challenge which is no designer paper

Ellibelles crafty Wednesday  which is wings, tails or spring blossoms 

Thank you for looking 

Lyn

Dandelions

Today I have made a thinking of you card.  I have used A Phill Martin stamp with Harmony inks and black and white cardstock.  A very simple card but I think very effective

I would Like to enter this into Day of the Month Card Club whose challenge is dandelions 

Thank you for looking 

Lyn 

Clean and simple

Having a mare of a day today, have done colouring stamping, embossing but nothing has gone together to make a card, so I was checking on challenges and thought I could manage to enter into Addicted to CAS whose challenge this week is humour.

Thank you for looking 

Lyn

Work just gets in the way

Work just seems to get in the way of crafting and  I usually only have Friday, Saturday and Sunday available to make cards, but as I have an extra day off this week I have been having a play. I have made a new home card for my stash.  I have used a really old stamp that I have had for years,  I know it was a Craft Barn own range stamp.  It has been coloured with  promarkers and used a brick embossing folder and added a metal key.

I would like to enter this into Just Us Girls, whose challenge this week is Houses

Addicted to stamps and more whose challenge is anything goes

Thank you for looking

Lyn

A couple of cards today

today I had to make a birthday card for a work colleague, never sure what to make for these but I know she has a tattoo of a fairy in black on her arm, so used Crafters Companion Enchanted Forest collection for this card

I then went on to make another card, just for my stash as a sorry I forgot card.  Used crafters companion inks on acetate spritzed with water then direct to the card.  The stamp of the coffee was yet another freebie along with the sentiment.  The coffee stains stamp is a creative expression stamp in a collection. 

I would like to enter this into STAMPlorations blog as the March challenge is  stamps & coffee/tea.

And 

And Sentiments Challenge   Add any sentiment but not happy birthday

And 

Kraft chicks challenge.   Coffee, tea, hot cocoa.

Random cards

Occasionally I make cards for no specific reason or person, so today I have made one of those using free dies, and free embossing folder and free stamp from 2 magazines.  I have used the debossed side of the embossing folder and coloured it using alcohol markers.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges 

Just us girls with the challenge to use embossing folders

Brown sugar challenge blog with the theme transportation

Thank you for looking 

Lyn

Three Quarters of a century

So it’s Hubbys birthday coming up so time to make a card for him, he wanted his age on it this year, so I hope he is happy with my offering

I used a Lili of the valley Digi image which I coloured with spectrum noir pens, some hessian and a small trowel metal embelishment from my stash.

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Catz challenge. Which is anything goes with the optional twist of make it square.

Crafting with Friends. Anything goes

Aloha Friday challenge   In the garden

Crafters Cafe. Use metal.

Thank you for looking

Lyn

Selfie

I love the Tim Holtz crazy dogs and cats stamps and this is a card which I have made using 2 of the dogs.  I have water coloured the images and I had to mask on this card as well, something which I have rarely done but was pleased with the way it came out

I would like to enter this into 

My time to craft challenge Which is its raining cats and dogs and I have used 2 dogs. 

Kitty bee designs animals 

Thank you for looking 

Gym bunny

So I ordered a back issue of a magazine because I wanted the free stamps that came with it, and have used one 3 of them on this card.  This time I have water coloured the image as I enjoy that medium but really need to practise it.

I have followed the sketch 553 on Sketch Saturday so would like to enter it into that challenge and also 

animal friends  challenge which is to include a rabbit 

2 crafty critter crazy which is to include a critter 

Sparkles monthly challenge  which is to include an animal 

Daring card makers  mad March hare challenge to use a hare or rabbit

Thank you for looking

Silhouettes.

This time a card for a colleague at work.  Have used die and papers from crafters companion Parisian collection, a corner die which I can not for the life of me think of the make but is one is my large collection of dies and a pug which was a freebie stamp with a magazine.  The colleague has a pug hence why I added it

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I would like to enter this into Crafting by design challenge which is silhouettes.

and 

Di’s Digi design  which is to include and animal 

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13th Birthday

It was my Granddaughters 13th Birthday and she has just started to learn the bass guitar, thought this Digi stamp from Mo’s digital pencil was very appropriate, coloured using alcohol markers and the large number dies are from tonic and how handy they are.

I would like to enter this into the   which is music Fab n’ Funky challenge which is music 

and the paper shelter challenge which is birthday creations 

Thank you for looking 

The same paper

So I set myself a challenge to use some paper which I wasn’t too keen on, but it came in a pad of mixed papers.  The cards below are the results of this challenge.  The first card fits in with a challenge at Aud Sentiments Challenge which is to use The bingo card and a sentiment.  I have used embossing ( the sentiment is on embossed card), Digi or stamp ( stamp was a freebie on a magazine) and stitching real or faux (I have used faux)

Back in the swing of it

I haven’t been updating my old blog for years, so thought it was time to start again and with a new blog.  I hope to join in some challenges, so for now I will just post a couple of my latest makes