3 Challenge Combo Card

Hi everyone

I hope everyone is having a good week. If you are anything like me most of it is taken up with work but the weekend is not too far away now. It has been raining here again but today is nicer and it is supposed to be drier at the weekend. Well, we'll see...it is Scotland after all!

Got myself in a bit of a tizz with this card. I got the finishing dates mixed up and then thought I still had a couple of days left. Then the camera wouldn't work so I ended up short of time after all. Never mind, it's done now so here it is. I'm entering this card for 3 challenges: Just Magnolia week 5 - A Little Sketch which is a lovely sketch by Naoual. Thank you, Naoual. I can also enter it for A Spoonful of Sugar which is any kind of celebration card and Secret Crafter which is glitter.

The image is a Magnola Tilda Christmas image but I just lopped the ivy off her hair. She is holding a Christmas heart ornament but I quite like that so I just usually leave it on. It doesn't look very Christmassy.

Recipe:
Magnolia Christmas Tilda
Coloured with Distress Inks, Stickles and a touch of Cosmic Simmers
The papers are The Paper Company Spring range glitter papers
Coredinations Cardstock
The flowers are Impex
Sentiment is Hampton Art - Creative Cafe
Gems from stash

Inside:

Same papers and cardstock as front of card with a stamped flourish.

Tools:
Cuttlebug; Labels One;
Flourish stamp
EK Success Flourish Punch

I really enjoyed these challenges so I hope you like the card. Thanks for looking.

Lynne.

3 Challenge Combo Card

Good evening everyone. Hope you've all had a good few days. The weather's been pretty bleak here. The wind's blowing a gale and it's really quite chilly. Now to cap it call, it's started to pour down. Haven't been feeling that great the last couple of days so it's been a while since I've posted anything. I've tried to combine a few challenges with this new card but I must admit I find that a bit of a challenge in itself!

It's my younger daughter Erin's birthday tomorrow. She's a very good card maker herself, so I have to make a decent job of her birthday card. I bought this stamp a while ago with her birthday in mind - it's Claudia from Sugar Nellie. I think she's devine - so slim and elegant. She reminded me immediately of my daughter.

I think I can enter this card for 3 challenges: Colour Create which is Red, Cream and Chocolate; A Spoonful of Sugar which is Touchy Feely - I've got velvet flowers and that funny ribbony stuff across the middle and silky satin on my other ribbon. I hope that's enough touchy feely. I think I can also enter Secret Crafter Saturday which is flowers. I've got flowers inside and on the front of the card. I hope this all counts!

This is Claudia:


Card Recipe:
Inktense Watercolour Pencils to colour Claudia
Cosmic Shimmers for her scarf and jewellery.
Nestabilities Labels One run through the Cuttlebug to mount image
Ribbon, pin, brads and gems from stash
I don't know what that stuff across the middle is called - I got it from Hobbycraft
The flowers were puched with my daisy punches again
The sentiment is a Hampton Art clear stamp from a sentiment set
The red paper is Basic Grey and the brown paper is Fancy Pants Antique - I used the back of this for the flowers as well since they were quite dark being red and brown
Cardstock is Coredinations

Inside:






I hope you like my card. Thanks for taking the time to look.

Lynne.

Just Magnolia Challenge Week 3 - A sketch for you

This week the Just Magnolia Challenge is a sketch by the delightfully talented Bev. I'm a great fan, so I was really excited when she started producing sketches. Thank you Bev, this was a great sketch to work with; I just hope I've done it justice!

The papers look quite pale on the photograph. They are very pink and girly but do show up a bit better on the actual card.


And the inside:


Card Recipe:

Image - Tilda with flower
I used Distress Inks to colour
The papers are Nitwits Collection - Cotton Candy Kisses
The flowers are punched from velvet paper and from stash
Papermania brads, spacers, dangly, corner and pearls from stash
Swirls in corners were made in the cuttlebug

Tools:
Cuttlebug
Fiskars daisy embossing punch

Hope you like it.

Lynne.

Whiff of Joy Challenge 28 - Stars & Stripes

Whiff of Joy Challenge 28 - Stars & Stripes

Well, I've made my card in plenty of time for this week's Whiff of Joy Challenge. Didn't want to be late again! I've had a busy few days at work, mind you we're always busy so not much change there then. Then my son phoned to ask if I would try to get tickets for Take That for his fiancee. Needless to say when I got Sarah's tickets I ended up getting tickets for everyone - I can't wait!!!

Anyway, this is Oakley sitting on his treestump. I've tried this wee chap a few times before with distress inks and I didn't think they worked although I really love colouring with them. So, this time I used the Pro Markers which I'm still experimenting with and I think they work a lot better on this image. I'm not great at boys cards but I like them to have a bit of glitz because their papers are often quite dark so I dabbed some stickles on the stars to liven it up a bit.

This is one side of the inside but no matter how many times we tried it just wasn't possible to get a decent picture of the other side so I haven't bothered to show it. It was stripes with some stars and spots. with a space for a greeting. Quite nice really but not photogenic!

This is the card recipe:

Whiff of Joy Willow with Oakley and Whiff of Joy Sentiment
Papermania Papers
Cardstock from stash
Gold Stickles
Threading Water punch from Fiskars
Pro Markers:
Saffron; Coral; Pastel Yellow; Cornflower; Blue Pearl; Spice; Cinnamon; Cool Aqua; Lime Green;
Peach watercolour pencil for skin.

It's been raining here in Edinburgh today but it's supposed to cheer up tomorrow. I'll be watching my beloved Celtic so whatever you're doing I hope you have a great Saturday. I'll be doing my usual rounds looking for all your lovely cards.

Lynne.x

Just Magnolia Challenge Week 2

I enjoyed the Just Magnolia Challenge so much last week, I thought I’d have another go this week...green and pink, I thought, my favourite colour combo. Well, what a palaver! I did it very late last night when I was awful tired and because I was looking at 2 or 3 challenges at the same time, I got myself completely mixed up. I ended up putting the Just Magnolia Challenge, which is to use a Magnolia stamp with a green and pink colour combo, on the Whiff of Joy sketch! What a numpty...that will teach me to read the instructions properly next time.

Never mind. I liked doing these 2 challenges so much last time it looks like I’ll be entering them again this week using the same sketch for both. Hey ho, I don’t suppose it will matter too much.

This is my Just Magnolia entry then.


The inside:




I think this stamp is called Waiting Tilda
I’ve used Distress Inks to colour the image:
Tattered rose for face and hands
Worn Lipstick for clothes
Fired Brick for hearts
Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap for hair
Frayed Burlap for shoes
A mixture of Mustard Seed and Pine Needles for hat
The plain pink paper and green card is from my stash (I think the paper is Bo Bunny)
The DPs are Basic Grey Sultry
Pink flowers from Hobbycraft
Green and pink ribbon and pink pearl from stash

For the inside I used the same papers and card as the front with a smaller image of Tilda and a wee space for a greeting.

Voila!

Lynne.

Just Magnolia! Week 1 - A Sketch For You

I was really looking forward to posting this card yesterday morning. I had my granddaughter all lined up to help me with the techanical side of things but when we went to log onto the pc, it decided to completely die on us!

I can't believe that after all these weeks of my family nagging me to set up my own blog, the dratted thing decides it doesn't want to do it after all. Here I am then, with my daughter's laptop and let me tell you, me and laptops don't get on. I did wonder what was the matter when I was trying to type the recipe in and nothing was happening. I asked Kimmie what was the matter and she told me I had to use the keyboard for the laptop, not the old pc. D'oh!!! It doesn't help when the laptop is sitting on top of the pc table and we have all this technology all over the place. Anyway, here's the card and the recipe. I really enjoyed making this:

and the inside....


Recipe: Magnolia Tilda with Hearts (coloured with Distress Inks)
Tattered Rose for skin
Worn Lipstick for pinny, socks and ribbon
Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap for dress and shoes
Antique Linen for basket and hair (with Frayed Burlap highlights)

Frosted Lace Stickles for Tilda's wings
Ruby Red Cosmic Shimers for her little hearts
White gelly roll pen for highlights here and there
I used Basic Grey Porcelain papers and the circle at the back was done in the Cuttlebug.
I've had the flowers, brads, lace and the sentiment rub on for a while.

I always decorate the inside of my cards so I just did another little picture of Tilda on a different shape to make it interesting, with a little punched strip at the bottom. I got this hearts punch from Hobbycraft (it was dead cheap; I like to feel I've had value for money!) The other side is a punched strip with the EK Succsss Swirls punch at the top.

I hope you like this card as much as I enjoyed making it.

Lynne.