I've got one!

3 posts in one day - never heard of before.  I've had a great weekend with lots of crafting.  Hubby cooked a lovely roast dinner with a bit of guidance and I've had flowers and cash from the boys.

I made this card a little while ago for a friend's 60th birthday.  He's a keen fisherman so I thought it apt.  The image is Penny Black (just love these stamps) which I stamped onto water colour card and coloured with Marvy Le Plume pens.  Background papers from stash and a fish charm to finish the card.

I'd like to enter this card into this weeks Penny Black Saturday Challenge 'This, that and the other!

Take care, Linda

Brown and Blue - Die-Ing For A Challenge

Hi Everyone.  After a dull start the sun has finally come out here in the Fens.  Just a quick post as I think the boys have dinner ready!

I am entering this card into this weeks 'Die-Ing For A Challenge' which is a Brown and Blue theme.  The image is Molly Blooms which I have coloured with Copics and used Tim Holtz distress ink 'tea dye' around the image.  The background paper from stash.  The die cut frame is a Spellbinders 'Frameabilities' die which I mounted around the stamped image.  I cut a tag with my Cricut using Tags, Bags, Boxes and more cart, punched a strip of brown card using a Fiskars punch and attached a length of brown striped ribbon to the top edge.  A button was then attached to the tag completing the card.  Hope you like, enjoy the rest of the day, Linda x

Sunshine Yellow - Allsorts Challenge '3 in a row'

Good morning everyone and Happy Mother's Day!.  I had a beautiful bunch of pink tulips from my son who's still at home and also some toiletries - he said he was going to buy me some Olay products but it had for 'Aging Skin' on the box so he thought better of it - bless, he knows not to upset mother!  Anyway no cooking for me today, the boys are doing it - hope it's edible (lol).

My card today is for the 'Allsorts Challenge' 3 in a row.  The stamp is from a Woodware set which I've coloured with Copics.  The background is a digital paper and I've used a Martha Stewart punch around the page for the mat. I used Tim Holtz distress ink 'Antique Linen' around the edges although it's not that clear. I cut a frame using my Cricut which I embossed with a Cuttlebug folder.  The corners are cut with Memory Box dies which I have just bought (they are really beautiful dies - I'm already looking for more). The butterfly is cut with a Marianne die and I've detailed the body with crystals.  Three buttons at the base complete the card.

Hope you like,  Take care, Linda x

Butterflies

Hi Everyone, just a quick post tonight.  This is a card I made for my sister's birthday recently.  Background paper from stash, outer frame cut with nesties, inner frame cut with my Cricut both from Bazzill cardstock.  The image is from a Hobby Arts set.  Butterflies (Hero Arts) were stamped and coloured with copics.  Martha Stewart butterfly punch for border.  Sentiment from Personal Impressions stamped onto a tag cut with my Cricut. Ribbon from stash. Hope you like it- Bye for now, Linda x

The Fluffy White Stuff

Hi Everyone, just thought I'd share a few photos with you that my hubby took in the garden this morning.  The dogs loved all this white stuff, the bees were hopefully snug in their hives but the chickens were completely bewildered by it all.

The snow had blown into quite deep drifts in places.  The car was imprisoned in the garage which didn't matter too much as the snow had drifted from the road to our gate  so we couldn't get out anyway.  Just as well we bought a new snow shovel yesterday! Well, I suppose we had to have some sooner or later 'Roll On Spring'

I'd also like to share with you a card I made for my Great Niece a while ago.  The image is digital, can't remember where from.  Using bookatrix I cut out pearlescent card in shades of pink which I layered.  I made pink roses using Brenda's template (I had a bit of trouble with them, they didn't hold together very well - my fault entirely) and punched out some leaves to finish.  The sentiment was computer generated and I used nesties to cut out both this and the image .  Finished with ribbon and crystals.  I also made a little stand with a template from the internet.

Thanks for looking. Take care, Linda x

Well Done You!

Hi Everyone, I'm back!  Well I haven't been away really, I have been checking blogland out from time to time.  The trouble is that during the spring and summer there is so much to do in the garden and we also have a Caravan Club CL so are busy with that as well.  And to add to this we have started bee keeping this year and that has been very eventful!  Hopefully we shall have some honey soon. 

Anyway, just to show you a card I made for my precious granddaughter who had a very good school report so I thought she deserved a card from nanny and grandad and a little something in with it that she could spend in a well known high street store - hopefully a book but I suspect it will be all the pink pencils (has to be pink - I should have used pink on the card but I like shades of blue and lilac) and pencil sharpeners, erasers etc that you can buy these days!

The image is a LOTV stamp coloured with Copics.  I think it's sooo cute!  The papers are digital from Pink Petticoat and I've also used Bazzill cardstock in a lilac shade.  Martha Stewart punches were used for the border and corner and ric rac ribbon.   I used eyelets on the band and threaded ric rac through. The sentiment was computer generated, cut out and mounted onto a punched circle.

Hope you like it!

Birthday Boy

Hi everyone.  quite a grey day here today but the snowdrops are coming through so spring must be on it's way!  The card I'm sharing with you today is created with a Molly Blooms free stamp which came with my craft magazine.  I'm a fan of Molly Blooms and I think this image of George is really cute.  The bunting is also a Molly Blooms stamp.  I coloured the images with Copics and used a blue ink pad around the edges.  The dotted scallop edge was created using a Fiskers border punch.  The present is cut from Cricut Celebrations cartridge.  I wrote on the tag as I didn't have a stamp small enough. The papers, card and buttons are from stash.   I'm entering this into this weeks Allsorts Challenge Blog and Cards for Men Let's Party challenge.  Hope you like!