Sending you hugs

Hi folks

Here I am, back with my boy's card. I've made this card in response to an appeal for cards to be sent to a wee boy, Daan, who's very unwell. I hope it's suitable for him. You can read about him here and maybe send a card yourself if you feel you want to .

My recipe:
Image: You're My Best by Mo Manning
Coloured with Faber Castelle water colour pencils
DP's: Hot Off The Press - Boys to Men paper pack
Cardstock: Coredinations
Ribbon, Jump Rings and Teddy Charm from stash
Sentiment: Computer generated

I can enter this card for the following challenges:
Cards for Men - The Sketch
PaperPlay Challenges - Love Notes
Allsorts - Distressing (I quite like distressing but you have to get the blooming hoover out every time you use that blessed tool!)
Crafty Cardmakers: Digital Elements - it's a digital image
One Stop Crafts: Colour combo - Apple Green, Chocolate and Clotted Cream

I hope Daan likes his card.

Thanks for looking.

Lynne.x

Tilda in the pink

Hello everyone

I hope you've had a nice weekend. I've had quite a lazy time of it - been to Livingston today after watching Celtic win at Dunfermline. At last! Things might be on the up and up now. Bought a couple of nice things at the Papermill shop but I'm trying to keep my pennies for the Hobbycraft Show at the SSSC in March. They'll have quilting stuff there as well so no doubt there will be some things there I will want to buy.

I've called this card "Tilda in the Pink". I don't have a lot of Tilda stamps and this is one of the older ones that I like a lot. I think it actually belongs to Suzanne but she lets me use it.

My card recipe:
Image: Tilda with flower
Coloured with Distress Inks
Designer Papers: Imaginisce - Loves Me/Wild Hearts (I used both sides)
Cardstock: Coredinations
Ribbon from the Papermill shop
Tools: Cuttlebug and Bubbles embossing folder
Flowers - punched
Small roses from Wild Orchid Crafts
Gems - Kanban
Silver Glammer Dust

I can enter this card for quite a few challenges:
Pink Elephant - All About Pink - in honour of Ella
Papertake Weekly - Love Actually
Stamp Something - Love Somethings
Crafty Calendar - Love and Friendship (with the added option of hearts)
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Monochrome Tones of One Colour and White
Charisma Cardz - I Love You
Stampin for the Weekend - Love is in the Air - Valentine themed
Friday Sketchers - The fabby Sketch

That's it. Hope it's not too pink!!

I'll be back during the week with a card for a wee boy - that'll challenge me!

Thanks for dropping by.

Lynne.x

Karate boy

Hello everyone, I hope you are all having a nice weekend. It goes by much too quickly, doesn't it?

This card is for my son who has just been promoted at work. I think I often avoid boy's cards but I really enjoyed making this one. Maybe it had something to do with the great sketch and fabulous image.

I thought I'd have a go at distressing. I bought a new distressing tool a couple of weeks ago and this is the first time I've used it. I can see how you might get a bit carried away!

Anyway, onto the card:

My recipe:

Image: Karate Boy by Mo Manning
Coloured with Pro Markers and a touch of Distress Inks
Papers: Boxer by Basic Grey
Cardstock - Coredinations
Silver paper by Hot off the Press
Image: computer generated
Tools: Cuttlebug and Nestabilities Stars
Deckle edged scissors

The stars look black on the photo but they are silver, I promise!

I can enter this card for 2 challenges:
Mo's Digital Challenge - Shades of Grey
Papertake Weekly - Dawny's great sketch

I hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by.

Lynne.x

Demure

Hi folks

Just a quick hello tonight - I'm ready for a wee siesta after a mega plate of haggis, tatties and neeps. I love Burns Night; not that I need an excuse for haggis, I can eat it any time.

Our Jack's gone off to Ben More to school camp for a week. I don't know what I'll do with myself. Mind you, I think his mother will miss him as well!

This is one of the stamps that has been in the sale over at Funky Kits. It's one of the ones I've always liked but never got around to buying so when it appeared in the sale it was too good an opportunity to miss. It's one of Elizabeth Bells' designs (as if you didn't already know!). I love her images. This little lady's called "Demure". I've made this card for a very good friend at work who's just had her gall bladder removed, poor soul.

This is my recipe:

Image: Demure by Elizabeth Bell for Sugar Nellie
Coloured with Distress Inks
Papers: My Minds Eye - Wild Asparagus
Cardstock: Coredinations
Ribbon: Anitas
Pearls: Kanban
Brads: Making Memories
Tools: Cuttlebug and Spellbinders Labels
Fiskers Border Punch: Threading Water
Sentiment: Computer generated

I can enter this card for 2 challenges:
Sketch Saturday - it was a lovely sketch
Simon Says Stamp - use punches

The patter of tiny feet

Hi everyone. I hope you are all well. It has been a long time since I posted a card - Mr Mojo had well and truly deserted me then someone asked me to make a couple of cards for them so I thought I better stop being so lazy and get my act together!

This is my first attempt - I've called it "the patter of tiny feet" for want of a better name.

I love this image. It's produced by a company called Dimension Fourth; I'm sure you've heard of them. I've used this stamp over and over and I've never had to stamp it twice, it always comes up really crisp and clear first time. It only cost me about £2.50 so I've had more than my money's worth out of it. Don't you just love that little baby with it's bum sticking up in the air?

I got this sketch from Stampin' for the Weekend and it was such a lovely sketch.

This is my card recipe:

Image: Dimension Fourth - no name on it but it's obviously a baby with balloons
Coloured with Distress Inks
Papers: Lasting Impressions - Petal Pink Plaid (I wish I could have found a challenge for old stuff - I've had these papers for years)
Cardstock - Coredinations
Lace - from stash
Flowers - made up from bits of stash
Pearls - from stash
Sentiment - computer generated
Tools: Cuttlebug and Baby embossing folder

I can enter this card for the following challenges:
Stampin' for the Weekend (the sketch)
Papertake Weekly (Pretty Pink Papertake)
Charisma Cardz Challenges (you can use anything that is new - I've used my new Nesties which I got for Christmas)
Crafty Cardmakers (something new again - the embossing folder is new as well)

That's it. It was a very easy card to make. I hope you like it.

Lynne.x

An Award from Rachel

The lovely Rachel has given me another award. Thank you, Rachel. I am so pleased you thought of me and thank you for the lovely things you said on your blog.

I have to do several things now. The first one is to link Rachel in to this post. I've done that - if you click on her name here it will take you to her blog. She makes wonderful cards and the amazing thing is that she is still only 14 years old! Please do go take a look - I am inspired every time I visit her.

The second thing is to tell you 7 "interesting" things about me. Ha - I'm a very boring person!

Here goes:

1. I love football (especially Celtic and Scotland) - it's the passion of my life. I've even been known to refuse to go out if there's an important match on t.v. It drives my daughter nuts.
2. I have 2 very rare, serious illnesses - Addison's Disease and Polycythemia. They're not connected just two rare diseases in the same body. How clever am I - not!
3. I like painting and decorating.
4. I hardly ever visit anyone. My sister is probably the only person I go to see much apart from my children but at Christmas I invite the whole family over.
5. I love the seaside - rock pooling, fish and chips, ice cream, the whole lot. There is an ice cream parlour in Scarborough called the Harbour Bar which has the best ice cream in the world. Sometimes I feel a Knickerbocker Glory coming on and we just have to go for a weekend. All that way just for an ice cream!

Enough rambling. I'm now supposed to pass this on to 7 other people and link them in. That's the hard part because I don't know many people so I'll have to give that some thought but that doesn't make the award any less special. Don't forget to go visit Rachel.

Lynne.x

Joyeux Noel

Hello everyone

Suzanne's been chucking stuff on her blog like it's going out of style so I thought I better post another card!

I've had this stamp for a wee while - it was another birthday present from the kids. I really like the image but I found it quite difficult to colour in. I ended up using water colour pencils with a bit of Cosmic Shimmers (or Cosmic Shivvers, as Jack calls them).

I can enter this card for 3 challenges:

Sketch Saturday - what a lovely sketch. I will definitely use this one again
Creative Card Crew - Christmas
A Spoonful of Sugar - Non-traditional Christmas

My card recipe:
Image - Sarah Kay - Joyeux Noel
Coloured with water colour pencils and Cosmic Shimmers
DPs: Snowflake Diamond and Snowflake Snowman by the Paper Company
Cardstock: Coredinations and Silver mirri card
Silver Stickles
Flowers, brads, pearls, chain and charm from stash
Fiskars snowflake punch
Sentiment: Kars

Hope you like it.

Lynne.x