SENTIMENT OR NOT AT AYLI

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope everyone is well. We have a new challenge starting over at As You Like It and we are asking whether you prefer to have a sentiment on your cards or not (and don't forget to say why please). 

I always put a sentiment on my cards.  I think it finishes them off and it's also the first thing the recipient reads.

I have used these cute dies from Honey Bee stamps again called Bundle of Joy, but this time for a boy. I've just had a look at my last one and can't believe it's 2 years since I made it! Where does the time go to.  I've used the same layout as before, but with snippets of more boyish papers.  The Congrats die is from Creative Expressions and the strip underneath made on the pc.

                                                          The sponsor for the challenge is:

I would like to enter:

Crafty Calendar - Add a Sentiment

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

Snippets Playground - Baby clothes and hangers are snippets, but no photo, sorry

Paper Funday Challenge - Anything Goes

I look forward to seeing your entries, have a good day.  I am cat sitting this week while the daughter is away and go twice a day to feed him so that's what I will be doing next.

See you soon,

Lynne x

WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?

 Morning Everyone,

A new challenge starts today at Allsorts and the theme is "What Makes You Happy?" and there's always "Anything Goes" as well.

There are a lot of things that make me happy but I have gone for colouring, flowers and die cutting.  Colouring can make me happy when it turns out right, but it can also be quite frustrating when it doesn't and I do love to see all the lovely flowers at this time of year.

For my card I have used two Penny Black products.  The stamp is an old wooden one, but you can buy a more modern clear version now from Buddly Crafts. I have coloured with copics and cut them out with a double stitched square and cut the top off with a Penny Black happy edger die and coloured that with various shades of pink.  The floral DP is from a BoBunny pad.

There are two prizes this week from Buddly Crafts, a Penny Black stamp and a die set:

                                                   

I would like to enter:

PIP Challenge 2522 - Anything Goes

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - Our Furry Friends

We Love Stamping - Nature

Paper Funday Challenge - Anything Goes

Penny Black Saturday - AG/Stitching

Thank you for yur visit and I will be back soon.

Lynne x

EMBOSSING AT AYLI

 Morning Everyone,

Today is te start of a new challenge over at As You Like It and we are asking for a project showing your favourite way to emboss (wet/dry).

I use heat embossing more, especially for sentiments, as I think it makes them look a bit more special.  For this card I have heat embossed the sentiment, which is from Simon Says Stamp, in silver, used a Stampin Up Blooming Heart die and a double stitched square die to cut it all out. Pearls and clear gems, which look like little black dots in the photo, have finished it off.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

You can pop over here to see the inspiration from the rest of the team. Thank you for your visit and I will be back soon.

Lynne x

FLOWERS IN BLOOM

 Morning Everyone,

I hope you are having a good Bank Holiday (here in UK).  We're going to a wedding on Wednesday and also have the son and his girlfriend moving in very soon while they wait for their new build to be finished so I've been quite busy getting rooms ready etc., but this is a card I managed to make over the weekend.

The stamp is from MFT called Flowers in Bloom and I stamped in black and heat embossed in clear embossing powder.  I have coloured with my zig watercolour markers and added the embossed sentiment, also from MFT, in white.  The papers are oddments from my paper mountain.

I would like to enter:

Passion for Markers - Anything Goes

Simon Says Weds - Bright & Cheerful

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral

Colorful Options May - Orange and yellow used

On with the preparations and also have a couple of plants to put in the garden too.

See you soon,

Lynne x

16TH BIRTHDAY AT ALLSORTS

Morning Everyone,

Today is the start of a special 16th Birthday challenge at Allsorts where the theme is Anything Goes.  This is my card to help celebrate.

Although I've had these for a while, it is the first outing for my pinwheels which is a stencil set from The Greetery.  They were really easy to colour with the help of the stencils and various shades of ink.  I don't have the die set so I cut them out with circle dies and then fussy cut round the little pointy bits.  They were then placed on a double stitched rectangle.  Enamel dots were added to the centres and I made more little dots in the same colours and added glossy accents.  The sentiment is also from The Greetery. 

Because it's a special challenge there are many prizes to be won:

Four prizes of products from AALL and Create

                                               

and Three prizes just for our US based entrants:

A $25 store voucher from Lawn Fawn

Three stamps from Colorado Craft Company

A $25 store voucher from Gina K Designs (Worldwide)

I would like to enter:

Classic Design - Anything Goes

Colourful Options - Green, Orange and Yellow used from the colour palette

Simon Says Weds - Bright and Cheerful

Creative Knockouts - Real or Faux stitching

Crazy is our fame - Stencils are our game - Pinwheel stencils used

I look forward to seeing all your lovely entries. Have a good weekend.

Lynne x

FAVOURITE SKETCH?

 Morning Everyone,

A new challenge starts today over at As You Like It and we are asking for your favourite sketch.

When the image allows I do like this sketch.  I think it's simple and effective, but it doesn't suit all images.

For my bright card I have used a Penny Black stamp, Golden Dance, coloured with copics and cut out with a Sizzix oval die.  I've added 3 strips of dotty paper from a Doodlebug pad, pearls and a LOTV sentiment.

I would like to enter:

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral Goes

Colorful Options - Using Orange and Green from the mood board

Penny Black Saturday - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

The Crafting Challenge - Flowers

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Thank you for taking the time to visit and I will see you soon.

Lynne x

ROSE GARDEN

Morning Everyone,

I hope you've had a good weekend.  I've been potting up plants in the greenhouse but when it got too warm for me I had a play in the craft room and this is the card I came up with.

It is a stamp from MFT call Rose Garden which I have coloured with copics. I've added a sentiment from a Simon Says Stamp set and the butterfly is from Hero Arts.  A fairly quick (apart from the colouring) and straight forward card. I'm not sure about the blue on the butterfly, but I have coloured blue around the image so it ties in with that.

I would like to enter:

Passion for Markers - Make It Bloom

Simon Says Weds - Beautiful Blooms

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral Goes

PIP Challenge 2519 - Anything Goes

Thank you for your visit and I will be back later in the week.

Lynne x