Craftymonster81

Rainy Days

2013-05-22T16:41:00.000+01:00

Afternoon lovelies, I hope you are all well and getting a bit more sunshine than we are here we did have a couple of days of patchy sunshine but it's back to being grey again now and it's quite cold when the sun isn't out (in the time it took to write this it started chucking it down too lol), it certainly doesn't seem like we are headed towards the end of may lol.

Today's card is made using Spellbinders grand dies for the card base, a Magnolia Edwin stamp coloured with Graph'it Markers. I have used a paper from Kaiserkraft and one made using Distress Inks & water (one of my favorite techniques at the moment) and the fabulous water droplets stamp from Designs By Ryn. I have then used dies from Cheery Lynn, a Spellbinders frame, black muslin and buttons to decorate and written out my sentiment with a fine liner pen. I am not sure what I think of this card lol can't make up my mind about it.

I would like to enter this card in to the following challenges,

Visible Image Challenge Blog - May Challenge - Brighten Your Day
Stampin For The Weekend  - Button It Up
Stamp & Create With Magnolia - Challenge #9 - Spring Showers
Paper Playtime - Challenge #10 - Use Buttons Or Brads
Magnolia-Licious & Wee Stamps Challenge Blog  - Tuesday Challenge - Ways 2 Weather It
Totally Gorjuss - Challenge 184 - Water
Pile It On - PIO #20 - Add Fabric/Felt
Simon Says Stamp & Show  - Challenge:Favorite Ink
Simply Magnolia   - Edwin Only & Blog Hop
Here Come The Boys - Challenge #52 - Must Have Buttons
Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Challenge #93 - Handmade Background
Crafty Sentiments Challenge Blog  - Buttons

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments

Lindsay xx

LEJ Designs - Challenge #54 - Die Cuts &/Or Punches

2013-05-21T08:02:00.000+01:00

Morning lovelies, I hope that you are all well and having a good week so far. It's time for a new challenge to begin over at LEJ Designs Challenge Blog and this week our theme is Die Cuts &/Or Punches so any type of die cut or punch will do will do as long as there is one somewhere on your project.

This week I have used one of the brand new digi's from LEJ Designs called Elise and I have coloured her with Polychromos pencils, the papers are from Papermania and Kaiserkraft and the die cuts are from Spellbinders and Cheery Lynn. I have then decorated with flowers and lace.

I would like to enter this card in to the following challenges,

Crafts & Me Challenges - Challenge 133 - Use A Digi
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - Simon Says Flower Power
Crafting For All Seasons Challenge Blog - Challenge #52 - Think Pink
Moving Along With The Times - Colour Challenge
Crafty Catz - Challenge 183 - 321 (3 white die cuts, 2 pieces of lace, 1 image)
Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenges - Challenge #167 - Diva Image- Young Or Old
Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments. I hope that you will all come and join in with us at the LEJ Designs Challenge Blog.

Lindsay xx

Little Cutie

2013-05-20T21:40:00.000+01:00

Hiya lovelies, I hope you are all well and having a good start to the week, I intended to be earlier with this but I don't quite know where the day went to.

Today's card is made using a stamped image from Penny Black, drawn by Mo Manning, I have coloured her with polychromos pencils and layered her on to two Marianne Design frame die cuts, the butterfly die cut is also from Marianne Design and the flourish is from Cheery Lynn. The papers are from Melody Ross and K& Co and I have decorated with lace, flowers, butterflies, ribbon and gems and drawn in some faux stitching with a fine liner pen.

I would like to enter this card in to the following challenges,

Penny Black & More @ Allsorts - May Challenge - Sew Special
A&T Challenge Blog - Challenge 24 - Bling
Sparkles Monthly Challenge Blog - Challenge #44 - Monochromatic
Marianne's Design Divas   - Get Your Dies Out
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - Simon Says Flower Power
Delightful Challenges - Weekly Challenge - Bingo (stitching, ribbon/lace, patterned papers)
Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenges - Challenge #167 - Diva Image young or old
Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog - Challenge #36 - Lace
Sweet Stampin  - Oodles Of Doodles (I hope my faux stitching is ok for this)
Allsorts Challenge Blog - Week 207 - True Blue
Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog - Girls, Girls Girls
Forever Friends Challenge Blog - Fortnightly Challenge 62 - For A Child
Eclectic Ellapu  - Anything Goes
Love To Create Challenge Blog  - Challenge #66 - Something For Kids

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments

Lindsay xx

PanPastel Challenge Blog - Challenge #20 - New Beginnings

2013-05-19T08:00:00.000+01:00

Hi lovelies, I hope that you are all well and having a nice Sunday morning, I will keep this fairly short as I spent most of last night at A&E with Luke after he sliced open his thumb on a pie tin so I am a bit worn out. It's time for a new challenge to begin over at the PanPastel Challenge Blog and this week our theme is New Beginnings. As usual the prize will be a fab PanPastel starter kit provided by our regular sponsor Your Creativity Store.

Over at the PanPastel Challenge Blog we are quite happy to see all sorts of projects like altered art, journaling and upcycling as well as cards & tags and you don't even need to use PanPastels on your entry so everyone can join in even if you don't have any yet.

For this week I decided to try my hand at my first ever journal page and I am not convinced that I like it, I began by doing my basic scene for the background with PanPastels I then used Premium Art Brands Stencils and the pans to add some interest and then stamped over the top and sprayed a little cosmic shimmer mist around the edges. Finally I wrote out my sentiment and stuck it in to place and decorated with some butterflies and a couple of flowers.

I would like to enter my page in to the following challenges,

Craft-room Challenges - Stamp Your Own Background/ Background Paper
Charisma Cardz Challenges - Challenge 19 - No Digi's Allowed
Polkadoodles Challenge Blog - Week 20 Challenge - Spring Colours/ Pastels

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments and I hope you will come and join in with us at the PanPastel challenge blog.

Lindsay xx

Oh To Be A Bumble Bee

2013-05-18T18:54:00.001+01:00

Hello lovelies,I hope that you are all well and enjoying your weekend, the weather is ill horrid here, I hope it's better where you are, as it's so miserable I thought that today I would make a spring card to remind me what sunshine looks like lol.

To make this card I have used Spellbinders grand dies for the card base, papers from Melody Ross, Graphics 45 and an old magazine freebie (sorry can't remember which one it was from). The image is a stamp from Penny Black that I just fell in love with and I have coloured it with polychromos pencils. The die cut frame is from Spellbinders and the butterfly and flourish are from Marianne Design. I have then used flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, gems, lace, ribbon and a little tag embellishment to decorate, finally I doodled in stitching detail with a fine liner pen.

I would like to enter my card in to the following challenges,

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - May Challenge - Anything Goes
Kraftyhands Challenge Blog - May Challenge - Flower Frenzy
Great Impressions Challenge  - May Challenge - Celebrations
Penny Black @ Allsorts Challenge  - May Challenge - Sew Special
Forever Friends Challenge Blog - Fortnightly Challenge no.61 - Pastel Colours
Clear It Out Challenges - Theme: Anything Goes ~ Stash: Use Two Or More Patterned Papers
Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Challenge 92 - Shaped But Not Square
Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog - Challenge #8 - Anything But A Square
Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges - Challenge #10 - Happy ...... Fill In The Blanks
A & T Challenges - Challenge #24 - Bling
Marianne Design Divas - Your Dies Out
Creative Craft Challenges 2  Challenge 10 - Just Checking
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - Simon Says Flower Power
Delightful Challenges - Weekly Challenges - Bingo (stitching, ribbon/lace, patterned paper)
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges  - Challenge #171 - Your Favorite Embellishment (I couldn't decide if my favorite is flowers or lace so I used both)
Sweet Stampin - Oodles Of Doodles

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments

Lindsay xx

Rainy Day Blues

2013-05-17T17:32:00.000+01:00

Hiya lovelies, I hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend. I had a great day yesterday in Eastbourne but to say I am knackered now is an understatement lol, I have only had 6 hours sleep in the last two days and my sciatica did not like being in the car for so long. The weather was absolutely gorgeous there yesterday and it really felt like spring, unlike the weather here today which is gray, cold and miserable lol.

A big thank you to everyone who joined in with my little competition yesterday it was very interesting to read your answers and I think some of you know me very well lol, so without futrher ado the winner was the lovely Andre please contact me with your address hun and I will get your crafty prize in the post to you. I have also decided to send Rachel a small prize as well as Rachel came in third place but she was the only person not to get a single incorrect item which I thought was pretty impressive.

I did manage to make one card in the car yesterday using a House Mouse stamp and Graph'it markers to colour, it's not my best colouring though as this was a difficult image to colour in the card, thank heavens for being able to blend the colours back lol. The papers I have used are an old magazine freebie by hot off the press, one from Crafters Companion Fairyopolis paper pack and one from Docrafts Wellington paper pack. The die cuts I have used are all from Marianne Design, I have put together two frames and two small flourishes behind the image and then used two bigger flourishes in the corners of the card. I have then used lace, ribbon, flowers and gems to decorate.

I would like to enter my card in to the following challenges,

Clear It Out Challenge Blog - Theme: Anything Goes ~ Stash : Use Two Or More Patterned Papers
Totally Gojuss - Challenge 183 - Bingo (lace,ribbon,flowers)
House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge - HMFMC 144 - How Do You Interpret Feeling Blue
Marianne Design Divas  - Get Your Dies Out
Oldie But A Goodie  - Inspired By A Song (singing in the rain was my song choice and the papers are all over 6 months old)
Inky Chicks  - Challenge#4 - Blue & Brown
Southern Girls Challenge - Going Spotty Dot
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog   - Simon Says Flower Power
Delightful Challenges - Weekly Challenges - Bingo (patterned paper, die cuts, flowers)
Charisma Cardz Challenges - Challenge 19 - No Digi's Allowed

And just before I go here are some pictures I took yesterday, the first one is one I took at the place where we stop for coffee on the way to Eastbourne and the others were taken at Eastbourne harbor.

Thanks for reading this post, as always I love to read you comments

Lindsay xx

It's Competition Time

2013-05-16T09:00:00.000+01:00

Hiya lovelies, I hope you are all well, hopefully this will post when I am well on my way to Eastbourne.

As I wont be around today I decided to run a little competition, those of you who have been following me for a while will know that on long journeys I always take a bag of crafty bits and make cards in the car so I thought it would be appropriate to put a little crafty twist on the old car game I Packed My Bag & In It I Put..... the old game is a memory game but that wouldn't work in this situation so I am going to make it in to a guessing game.

What I want you to do is leave a comment on this post before 9am Friday 17th May and tell me what crafty goodies you think I have put in my bag. For each correct item that you guess you will be awarded a point and for each incorrect item that you guess a point will be removed. The person with the most points will win a crafty prize, there's a couple of good craft shops near my brother so I will find something nice for the winner.

You might want to bear in mind that when it comes to craft I don't travel light and being specific could help you as for example if you guess something broad like embellishments you would most likely get a point but if you guess the type of embellishments you may be able to get yourself more points (obviously I don't mean specific as in brand names etc just the type).

The competition is open to everyone.

Competition is now closed.

Ok I do have a card to show you, it's made using a grand Spellbinders die for the card base, all the stamps are Visible Image stamps and Distress Inks with water and then I have just decorated with some ribbon that I curled, a charm and some gems. Please do hop over to Visible Images Challenge Blog as they do fabby challenges and their stamps are awesome plus you don't need to have their stamps to enter you just need to use a rubber stamp (any make).

I would like to enter my card in to the following challenges, (I will link up when I get home)

Cards Galore Challenge Blog - May Challenge - A Tim Holtz Homage
Crafty Bloggers Network - May Challenge - O's & X's (ribbon,, stamps, gems)
Sweet Stampin - Clean & Simple (I hope this is ok, I know there isn't much white showing through but I tried to keep it fairly simple)
A & T Challenge Blog - Challenge #24 - Bling
Craft-Room Challenge - Stamp Your Own Background/Background Paper
Crafty Sentiments Challenge Blog - Add A Charm
Visible Image Challenge Blog - May Challenge - Brighten Your Day

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments and I hope you will all join in with my little competition.

Lindsay xx

Celebrate

2013-05-15T16:09:00.000+01:00

Hiya lovelies, I hope you are all well and having a good week, it's really flying by again isn't it. I won't be around tomorrow as I have to go to Eastbourne to visit my little brother (who is not really so little at 28 lol) but I will be taking my bag of crafty bits and attempting to make cards in the car again. I will also have a scheduled post for tomorrow with a crafty game of "I Packed My Bag & In It I Put......." and a chance to win yourself a crafty prize so please do hop over tomorrow and check that out.

Today's card is made for several challenges made using a Magnolia stamp, Graph'it Markers to colour, I have used Muslin and Distress Inks and papers from K & Co and Melody Ross. The die cut frames are from Spellbinders, the small scalloped heart is from Sizzix and the tags and flourishes are from Marianne Design dies. The lettering is from a KaiserKraft paper and I have then decorated with flowers and wooden flourishes from my stash and added ribbons to the tags which I then melted with my heat gun to make then go all twisty.

I would like to enter my card in to the following challenges,

Emerald Faeries Challenge Blog - Challenge #43 - Ribbons
Great Impressions Challenge - May Challenge - Celebrations
Totally Tilda Challenges - Challenge #70 - Pink Princess (I know she is an angel but she was in the prince and princesses release I hope that's ok)
Crafty Bloggers Network - May Challenge - O's & X's (die cut, stamp, tag)
Ribbon Carousel Blog - RCC81 - Celebrations
Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Challenge 92 - Shaped But Not Square
Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenges - R#123 - Tic Tac Toe (ribbon, tag, pink)
Tilda's Town  - Challenge #52 - Something Old Something New (everything on the card is old except for the ribbons and flowers which I only bought a couple of days ago)
Rhedd & Rosies Challenge Blog - 6th Challenge - Fantasy & Mythological
Love To Create Challenge Blog - Challenge #67 - Flowers Flowers So Many Pretty Flowers
Bunny Zoes  - May Challenge - Case A DT Member (I have cased Silvie's card)
Marianne's Design Divas  - Get Your Dies Out
ABC-Challenges - N Is For Not Just One
Tuesday Throwdown  - Challenge #147 - Smell The Roses
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - Simon Says Flower Power

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments

Lindsay xx

LEJ Designs - Challenge #53 - Borders & Corners

2013-05-14T08:02:00.000+01:00

Morning lovelies, I hope that you are all well and having a good week so far. It's time for a new challenge to begin over at LEJ Designs Challenge Blog and this week our theme is Borders &/Or Corners so any type of border or corner will do as long as there is one somewhere on your project.

This week I have used one of the brand new digi's from LEJ Designs called Ayla and I have coloured her using Graph'it Markers, I cut my card base out from black card using Spellbinders Grand Dies, the corners are from a Cheery Lynn die and the border is a Memory Box die. I have then just decorated with flowers from my stash.

I would like to enter my card in to the following challenges,

Charisma Cardz Challenges - Challenge #18 - Black, White & One Other
Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Challenge 92 - Shaped But Not Square
Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog - Challenge #8 - Anything But Square
Love To Create Challenge Blog - Challenge #67 - Flowers, Flowers So Many Pretty Flowers

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments. I hope that you will all come and join in with us at the LEJ Designs Challenge Blog.

Lindsay xx

Spring Fairy & My First Graph'it Markers Tutorial Video

2013-05-13T11:43:00.001+01:00

Hiya lovelies, I hope you are all well and having a good start to the week.

Today I have a card I made for a few challenges and a tutorial video on using Graph'it Markers for you, the video is quite long so you might want to grab a cuppa before you start watching it.

To make my card I have a stamp from Penny Black drawn by Mo Manning which I have coloured with Graph'it Markers . I have then layered it on to muslin and glittered papers from Poundland and DCWV and decorated with, lace, ribbon, one of my handmade pins, flowers, die cuts from Memory Box and embroidered butterflies.

Blogger is refusing to acknowledge the presence of my you tube videos at the moment so here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amHq99mZVGM you may want to grab a cuppa before watching as it's quite long.

Graph'it Markers tut 1

Hiya lovelies here is my first ever Graph'it Markers colouring tutorial, I did intend to edit it a bit more but movie maker was having a bad day so apologies...

I would like to enter my card in to the following challenges,

Visisble Image Challenge Blog - May Challenge - Brighten Your Day
ABC-Challenges - M Is For Make It Sparkle
Penny Black Saturday Challenges - May Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar Challenges - May Challenge - Blooms & Blossoms
Fashionable Stamping Challenge - Challenge #47 - Anything Goes
Crafty Blogggers Network - May Challenge - O's & X's (die cut,flowers, ribbon)
Emma's Crafty Challenge - Challenge #16 - Pink & Blue
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - Simon Says Things With Wings
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 268 - Something Blue
Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Shaped But Not Square
Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog - Challenge #8 - Anything But Square
Totally Gorjuss - Challenge 183 - Bingo (lace, ribbon, flowers)
Rhedd & Rosie's Challenge Blog - 6th Challenge - Fantasy/Mythical

Thank you for reading my post, as always I love to read your comments

Lindsay xx

PanPastel Challenge Blog - Challenge #19 - In The Pink

2013-05-12T08:00:00.000+01:00

Hi lovelies, I hope that you are all well and having a nice Sunday morning, it's time for a new challenge to begin over at the PanPastel Challenge Blog and this week our theme is In The Pink. As usual the prize will be a fab PanPastel starter kit provided by our regular sponsor Your Creativity Store.

Over at the PanPastel Challenge Blog we are quite happy to see all sorts of projects like altered art, journaling and upcycling as well as cards & tags and you don't even need to use PanPastels on your entry so everyone can join in even if you don't have any yet.

This weeks make was inspired by my good friend Sylvia who made an awesome dress from and top hat in a steampunk style (hers is far better than mine and you can see it by clicking on her name) but I thought it would be good to have a go at. I began with one of those jellewery stands with the wires in the top, yanked out the wires and covered the whole thing with MaiMeri Gesso and then mixed Magenta PanPastels with MaiMeri Iridescent Medium and painted the whole thing with it. I then cut out some wavy strips of white cotton and coloured them with Magenta and Magenta Tint PanPastels to get the fabulous tie die effect that the pans do so well, I stuck them in to place with some lace and ribbon and made a layered bow for the back. I then made the hat from cardboard, painted it with Magenta PanPastels with MaiMeri Iridescent Medium and trimmed with ribbon and lace.

Front

Back

Before shot

I would like to enter this in to the following challenges,

Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog - Challenge #35 - Anything But A Card
Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Challenge 92 - Shaped But Not Square

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments and I hope you will come and join in with us at the PanPastel challenge blog.

Lindsay xx

One Of A Kind

2013-05-10T12:14:00.001+01:00

Hiya lovelies, I hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend, I am still very slow moving after my day out earlier this week.

Today's card is one that I have made for a very dear friend.

I have used a Humphrey's Corner stamp from Crafters Companion stamp and Graph'it Markers to colour then embellished with lace and lace butterflies.

I would like to enter my card in to the following challenges,

Creative Craft Challenges 2 - Challenge #9 - All About Animals
Visible Image Challenge Blog - May Challenge - Brighten Your Day
Dream Valley Challenges - Challenge 56 - No Squares Allowed
Fashionable Stamping Challenges - Challenge #47 - Anything Goes
Forever Friends Challenge Blog - Fortnightly Challenge No.61 - Pastel Colours
Love To Create Challenge Blog - Challenge #64 - For Mom Or Special Lady
Crafty Sentiments Challenge Blog - Use A Sentiment
Crafts & Me Challenges - Challenge #132 - Lace
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - Simon Says Things With Wings
Crafty Catz - Challenge #182 - Anything Goes

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments
Lindsay xx

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge Birthday Blog Hop

2013-05-09T08:00:00.000+01:00

Morning everyone, I hope that you are all well and having a good week. I had a fabulous day yesterday meeting up with some lovely crafty friends, it has worn me out completely but it was totally worth it.

Today there is a Birthday themed blog hop and challenge beginning over at C.R.A.F.T. Challenges and they very kindly asked me if I would like to join in so of course I said yes please.

All the details you need to join in are below, if you stumbled upon my post by chance and would like to join in please hop over to C.R.A.F.T. Challenges to join in the fun.

Happy Birthday To Us

Happy Birthday Dear CRAFT Challenge

Happy Birthday To Us!

Can you believe it? CRAFT Challenge is already 4 years old. Originally started by Tracy from Just Tracy Crafts and with a DT mostly recruited from Trimcraft forum members (Hence the term CRAFT Challenge, which stood for Crafters Residing Are Friendly Trimmies. Or if you wished alternative meaning of Can't Remember A Flipping Thing) on the 4^th of May 2009.

We have now grown to be a large team of Design Team Members from all around the world, supplemented with lots of Guest Designers who join us for a month at a time.

We have always welcomed all kinds of craft, not just paper craft (unless specifically stated so in the challenge at the time) and are happy to have such a large group of faithful followers.

So, how are we going to celebrate this milestone?

Well, how else can we celebrate than to have our yearly Blogaversary Blog Hop?

We all feature one of our sponsors for this blog hop on our blogs and I have the honour of featuring and offering a prize from the following sponsor. You can win this prize by adding your name to Inlinkz at the end of this post. I would love to see your comments as well.

LEJ Designs

Prize: 3 images of choice

How can you get to win any of the prizes provided by our sponsors?

That is easy! Just follow the route on our blog hop (you can also find that in C.R.A.F.T. Challenges side banner), Our Blog Hop lasts for the duration of this challenge, which means a closing time of Wednesday 6pm GMT on the 15^th of May 2013.

And here are our little rules for this challenge/blog hop:

Our challenge this week is Birthday
Create something with this in mind
Add your project to our Inlinkz on our Challenge blog to be in with a chance of being one of our Top3 and win a prize from Karen's Doodles
Follow the route of the Blog Hop
Add your project to the Inlinkz at each of these stops to be in with a chance of winning the prize advertised on that blog
Collect the letters on this and the blogs on the blog hop
Form a sentence with these letters
Return to our challenge blog and put your winning sentence in our comments under the post.
We will enable comment moderation for the duration of this challenge/blog hop to ensure there is no cheating, lol.
And the main rule: HAVE FUN!

What can you win on our challenge blog?

The winner of the winning sentence wins My Memories Suite 4, amazing software, for free.

Everyone else can also get this software with a $10 discount. Just follow the links to My Memories.com or My Memories Suite 4and use ourcode in the discount box on purchasing this software you get a fabulous $10 off this software. That is not to be sneezed at.

In order to get $10 off this great software, copy and paste our code

STMMMS98952

and enter it in the discount slot while purchasing this software. It will take it automatically off the purchase price. It is however only valid for this software and nothing else!

2. Our Top3 this week will win a prize from Karen's Doodles

Top3, 1 : 3 images of choice
Top3, 2 : 2 images of choice
Top3, 3 : 1 image of choice

You should have come here from Judy (GDT)'s blog and as you can see your next stop is Nikki's blog. The start and finish of this blog hop are at CRAFT Challenge Blog.

And here is my project for this week, hope you like it. I have used one of the brand new digi's from LEJ Designs called Alfred, he is coloured with Graph'it Markers, the papers are from Papermania.

And now for our Blog Hop route:

CRAFT Challenge Blog

Aunty Sue

Carol

Divya (GDT)

Evie

Hazel (from Rick St Dennis MFA)

Jeanette

Judy (GDT)

Lindsay (from LEJ Designs) (you are here)

Nikki

Rachel (GDT)

Rick St Dennis (yes the man himself!)

Saskia

Sharon

Sheryl

Sylvia

Trimgym's Digistamps and Images

Wenche (GDT)

CRAFT Challenge Blog

And here is the letter to be collected on this blog:

Your next stop is Nikki's blog. Enjoy the rest of your hop! Don't forget to add your name to Inlinkz below to be in with a chance of winning the prize on my blog.

As Always I love to read your comments and I hope you will all come and join in with us.

Lindsay xx

Diva's By Design - Anything Goes

2013-05-08T09:00:00.000+01:00

Hiya lovelies, I hope you are all well and having a good day, it's time for another challenge over at Diva's By Design our theme this week is Anything Goes.

For today's card I have used a shaped card blank from Every Crafts A Pound , the papers are from a Teddy Bo paper pack and My Minds Eye Lost & Found collection and are layered on to muslin. The image is one of my favorite Tilda stamps from Magnolia coloured in with Graph'it Markers and the die cut is from a Sizzix Tim Holtz die and is coloured with liquid metal. I have then decorated with a feather, some bead sprays, flowers, lace and lace butterflies from my stash.

I would like to enter my card in to the following challenges,

Visible Image Challenge Blog - May Challenge - Brighten Your Day
Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenges - Challenge #165 - Don't Be A Square, Use A Shaped Card
Tildas Town - Challenge #51 - Anything Goes
Krafty Hands Challenge Blog - May Challenge - Flower Frenzy
Crafty Calender Challenges - May Challenge - Blooms & Blossoms
Dream Valley Challenges - Challenge 56 - No Squares Allowed
Fashionable Stamping Challenges - Challenge #47 - Anything Goes
Totally Tilda Challenges - Challenge #70 - Pink Princess
Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes
Clear It Out Challenge Blog - Theme : Anything Goes ~ Stash : 2 Or More Patterned Papers
Shopping Our Stash - SOS #100 - Mothersday Or Pink
Inky Chicks - Challenge #3 - Shabby Chic

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments and I hope you will hop over to Diva's By Design to join in with the challenge and see the design teams stunning work.

Lindsay xx

LEJ Designs - Challenge #52 - Summers Coming

2013-05-07T08:02:00.000+01:00

Morning lovelies, I hope that you are all well and having a good week so far. It's time for a new challenge to begin over at LEJ Designs Challenge Blog and this week our theme is Summers Coming so anything with spring/summer colours, flowers, scenes etc etc.

This week I have used one of the brand new digi's from LEJ Designs this is Elise with a tulip, I have coloured her using Graph'it Markers, the papers are all from Kaiserkraft and I have used black and white muslin to layer them on to. The knotted ribbon came from Mishelflo Creative Crafting, the die cut frame is from Spellbinders but I don't know who makes the die cut flower as Dora sent them to me in the blog candy that I won on her blog a while back. I have then decorated with skeleton leaves, lace, flowers and gems from my stash.

I would like to enter my card in to the following challenges,

Creative Card Crew - Challenge 35 - Bling
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - Simon Says Happy Mail
Charisma Cardz Challenges - Challenge #17 - Shaped Cards
Krafty Hands Challenge Blog - May Challenge - Flower Frenzy
Crafty Calendar Challenges - May Challenge - Blossoms & Blooms
Forever Friends Challenge Blog - Fortnightly Challenge no.61 - Pastel Colours

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments. I hope that you will all come and join in with us at the LEJ Designs Challenge Blog.

Lindsay xx

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2013-05-06T23:09:00.000+01:00

Evening lovelies, I hope you are all well, I intended to be here earlier but we had a power cut this evening for a while which put me all behind, still at least it's all back now.

The title is ....... because I couldn't think of a title for this card but then I realized that as the focal point of the card is a teenager who looks pretty engrossed in his phone maybe ......... was an appropriate title lol.

Today's card is made with the awesome Visible Image Max Stamp I was very lucky and won the Visible Image Challenge for April so I got Max and some wonderful sentiment stamps which I have no doubt you will be seeing soon. I have coloured him with Graph'it Markers and used papers from Crafters Companion Fairyopolis paper pack, black muslin and a DCWV halloween paper pack. The die cut layer behind him and the skulls are from Spellbinders, I have then decorated with black satin ribbon, black gems and some holographic blue buttons.

I would like to enter this card in to the following challenges,

Visible Image Challenge Blog - May Challenge - Brighten Your Day
Emerald Faeries Challenge Blog - Challenge #43 - Ribbons
Delightful Challenges - Weekly Challenge - Add Ribbon
Charisma Cardz Challenges - Challenge #17 - Shaped Cards
Moving Along With The Times - One For The Guys
Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenges - Challenge #165 - Don't Be A Square
Dream Valley Challenges - Challenge 56 - No Squares Allowed
Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments
Lindsay xx

PanPastel Challenge Blog - Challenge #18 - Fairyland

2013-05-05T08:00:00.000+01:00

Hi lovelies, I hope that you are all well and having a nice Sunday morning, it's time for a new challenge to begin over at the PanPastel Challenge Blog and this week our theme is Fairyland. As usual the prize will be a fab PanPastel starter kit provided by our regular sponsor Your Creativity Store.

Over at the PanPastel Challenge Blog we are quite happy to see all sorts of projects like altered art, journaling and upcycling as well as cards & tags and you don't even need to use PanPastels on your entry so everyone can join in even if you don't have any yet.

For this weeks project I have altered this letter rack/desk organizer thingy (lol technical terms!) it was another thing that I found in a charity shop for about a pound I think (gotta love a charity shop bargain). I gave it a coat of MaiMeri Gesso and then added PanPastels in ultramarine blue, raw umber and chromium oxide green I then used the Heart Of Flower mask from Premium Art Brands and lightly sprayed over it with some cosmic shimmer mists. next I sprinkled some pale blue PanPastels in to it whilst still wet using the brush from the PanPastels tools set (it's important to use the only the recommended brush for this as some people have found out after watching a tv show that said you could use another companies brushes with the pans, the brush in the PanPastel tools set has been specially selected for use with the pans and other brushes from other companies may be too firm and break the pan causing much more mess and meaning the pan wouldn't last as long). I have then stamped on some fairies using a Dovecraft stamp set and some dragonflies using a Stampman stamp and then stamped some fairies and a sentiment on to Premium Art Brands card using Penny Black stamps and coloured them in using Graph'it Markers and cut them out and stuck them in to place and finally I added some flowers from my stash to decorate.

I am not actually very pleased with the photo's of this as I don't think they show up the details of the mask or the base colours very well, it looks better in real life.

I would like to enter my project in to the following challenges

Visible Image Challenge Blog - May Challenge - Brighten Your Day
Forever Friends Challenge Blog - Monthly Challenge 17 - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 267 - Come Fly With Me
Crafty Catz Challenge - Challenge #181 - Inspired By A Song (dance of the sugar plum fairies)
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - May Challenge - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin - Create A Scene

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments and I hope you will come and join in with us at the PanPastel challenge blog.

Lindsay xx

Seemacrafts - May Challenge - Use A Matchbox

2013-05-04T19:43:00.000+01:00

Hiya lovelies, I am back again with my second post for today, please scroll down to see my first one, it's time for a new challenge to begin over at Seemacrafts and this month the theme is to use a matchbox, you can either alter one bought from a shop or you can make one, I made mine from scratch as the matchbox I had in the draw still had matches in it so I just measured it and made my own from card.

I used white card to make my matchbox then coloured it with vintage photo distress ink, I stamped out my images on to kraft card using Tim Holtz stamps and then added more vintage photo distress ink around the edges, I then added some ribbon around the inside section of the matchbox and some braided trim to the outside. In case anyone wants to make one but doesn't have a matchbox to measure the measurements I used were 8cm x 5cm x 1.5 for the outside and 8cm x 4.9cm x 1.4cm for the tray inside.

I would like to enter my matchbox in to the following challenges,

Simon Says Stamp & Show  - Challenge: Passport To Fun (Travel)
A Little Bit Crafty   - 2nd Challenge - Kraft It
Delightful Challenges - Weekly Challenge - Add Ribbon (my ribbon is around the edges of the inside compartment)
Moving Along With The Times  - One For The Guys
Cards Galore Challenge Blog - May Challenge - A Tim Holtz Homage
Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog - Challenge #34 - Something For The Boys
Crafting For All Seasons Challenge Blog - Challenge #51 - Monochromatic

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments and I hope you will all come and join in with the challenge at Seemacrafts.

Lindsay xx

Just For You

2013-05-04T17:55:00.000+01:00

Hiya lovelies, I hope you are all well and enjoying the weekend and some sunshine.

Today's card is one I have made for a little boy using Humphrey's Corner stamps from Crafters Companion and Graph'it markers to colour I have then added some lace and threaded some ribbon through it and made a little bow with the ribbon that was left, finally I have decorated with some butterflies and flowers. I wondered if I had made it a bit too delicate but I figure for a baby/toddler boy you can get away with a little bit more what do you think?

I would like to enter this card in to the following challenges,

Visible Image Challenge Blog - May Challenge - Brighten Your Day
Crafters Companion Challenge - May 2013 - Masculine
Emerald Faeries Challenge Blog - Challenge #43 - Ribbons
Creative Craft Challenge 2 - Challenge #9 - All About Animals
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - Simon Says Happy Mail
Forever Friends Challenge Blog - Monthly Challenge 17 - Anything Goes
Southern Girls Challenge - Challenge #68 - You Can Say That Again
Delightful Challenges - Weekly Challenge - Add Ribbon
Moving Along With The Times - One For The Guys
Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog - Challenge 80 - Shades Of Blue
Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenges - Challenge #165 - Don't Be Square Use A Shaped Card

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments

Lindsay xx

Crafting Cafe - May Challenge - Lady Luck

2013-05-03T07:00:00.000+01:00

Hiya lovelies, I hope you are all well and having a good day and happy friday to you all.

Today it's my turn to share my card for this months Crafting Cafe Challenge, this month our theme is Lady Luck and we are sponsored by Bugaboo who have provided us with some fab images to work with.

To make this card I have used Spellbinders grand dies to make the easel card base, the papers are from Papermania and Kaiserkraft, the image is from Bugaboo and is coloured in with Graph'it Markers. I have then decorated it using die cuts from Cheery Lynn and Memory Box and then just added a few buttons and flowers from my stash.

I would like to enter my card in to the following challenges,

Sweet Stampin  - Anything But Birthday
Pause Dream Enjoy - Challenge #9 - Outdoor Critters
Ready Teddy Go Challenge - May Challenge #22 - Spring Has Sprung
Creative Craft Challenges 2  - Challenge #9 - All About Animals
Crafting Musketeers Challenge Blog - 1st Challenge - Anything Goes
Forever Friends Challenge Blog - Monthly Challenge 17 - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz Challenges  - Challenge #17 - Shaped Cards

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments and I hope that you will hop over to the challenge blog and join in with us.

Lindsay xx

Happy Campers Craft Collective - 16th Challenge - Use Lace

2013-05-02T09:00:00.000+01:00

Hi again lovelies, I hope you are all well. Today a new challenge starts over at The Happy Campers Craft Collective the challenge theme this week is Use Lace.

Here is what I have made, I will pop back later to add the details and link up to the challenges I plan to enter it in to.

To make this card, I have used a Magnolia stamp coloured with Graph'it Markers and mounted on to a Marianne Design butterfly die cut. The papers are from Dawn Bibby, Paper Cellar and Papermania and I have decorated with lace, daisy trim and flowers from my stash.

I would like to enter my card in to the following challenges,

Marianne's Design Diva's - Going Girly
Forever Friends Challenge Blog - Fortnightly Challenge 60 - Use Lots Of Flowers
Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenges - Challenge #164 - Flowers & Lace
The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog - Challenge #43 - Lots Of Layers
Love To Create Challenge Blog - Challenge #63 - Punches &/Or Dies
Natalie & Amy Challenge Blog - Challenge #9 - Things With Wings
Magnolia Mania - Challenge #69 - Special Shaped Card
Crafty Sentiments Challenge Blog - The Letter B (butterflies, blue & bow in her hair)
Crafts & Me Challenges - Challenge #131 - Floral Frenzy
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - Simon Says Happy Mail

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments and I hope that you will all come and join in with us at the Happy Campers Craft Collective.

Lindsay xx

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge GDT - Challenge 205 - A Stitch In Time

2013-05-02T08:00:00.000+01:00

Morning everyone, I hope that you are all well and having a good week. Today there is a new challenge beginning over at C.R.A.F.T. Challenges and the theme is A Stitch In Time.

I have used Digi Stamps from LEJ Designs coloured in with Graph'it Markers and I have used Kaiserkraft papers and bits from my stash to decorate.

I would like to enter this card in to the following challenges,

Sparkles Monthly Challenges - Challenge #43 - Hearts
Eclectic Ellapu Challenges - Literally Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp & Show - Challenge : Passport To Fun (travel)

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments and I hope that you will hop over and join in with C.R.A.F.T. Challenges.

Lindsay xx

Dance Of The Butterflies & Blog Hop Winners

2013-05-01T09:00:00.000+01:00

Hiya lovelies, I hope you are all well and having a good week, once again apologies for not being around or commenting as much as I should, in the last couple of weeks seems like everything is going wrong one thing after another and I am spending so much time faffing about trying to fix things (one of those things is my pc, I think I may have some corrupted files which is really slowing me down).

Anyway enough of that but if anyone could send a little good luck my way it would be appreciated lol. Now I have some winners for my little prize draw, I wrote down all the names for each prize in the order the comments were received and numbered them all then used a random number generator to choose the winners.

The winner of the Pins is ............. #2 Dawn Lancaster

The winner of the Digi's is .......... #5 Kate Martin

Please contact me to claim your prizes ladies, the lej email is in my sidebar on the right or you can message me on facebook if you prefer, well done.

Ok so for today's card I used a Magnolia Image coloured with Graph'it Markers and using Spellbinder dies, lace, flowers, butterflies and ribbon.

I would like to enter my card in to the following challenges,

Time For A Magnolia Challenge - Challenge #11 - Easel Card
Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenges - Challenge #164 - Flowers & Lace
Tilda's Town - Challenge #50 - May Day/ Flowers
Eclectic Ellapu Challenge - Literally Anything Goes
The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog - Challenge #43 - Lots Of Layers
Love To Create Challenge Blog - Challenge #63 - Punches &/Or Dies

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments and I will try to get around to your blogs and comment as much as I can.

Lindsay xx

LEJ Designs - Challenge #51 - Anything Goes

2013-04-30T08:02:00.000+01:00

Morning lovelies, I hope that you are all well and having a good week so far. It's time for a new challenge to begin over at LEJ Designs Challenge Blog and this week our theme is Anything Goes.

Here is what I have made, Using Mozica from LEJ Designs and Graph'it Markers to colour, the die cut flourish is from Cherry Lynn and the frame is from Joy, I have then just added flowers and gems from my stash to decorate.

I would like to enter my card in to the following challenges,

Charisma Cardz Challenges - Challenge #16 - polkadots
The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog - Challenge # 43 - Lots Of Layers
Love To Create Challenge Blog - Challenge #63 - Punches &/Or Dies

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments. I hope that you will all come and join in with us at the LEJ Designs Challenge Blog.

Lindsay xx

Tilda's Garden

2013-04-29T11:00:00.000+01:00

Hiya lovelies, I hope you are all well and having a good start to the week. Apologies for being so rubbish with my commenting every time I start to get a little bit caught up something happens and I end up way behind again, lately it's internet issues, I can use the internet but it keeps dropping out which is slowing me down quite dramatically (and I am slow enough to begin with lol) I will get to all your blogs as soon as I can.

Today's card is made with a Magnolia stamped image and coloured with Graph'it Markers, the paper I have used is all cheapy stuff from poundland, the die cuts are from Marianne Design and Memory box, I have then just decorated with some flowers, lace, a doily and some little flower buttons.

I would like to enter this card in to the following challenges,

Marianne's Design Divas  - Going Girly
Clear It Out Challenges - It's Time To Button Up - Theme: Anything Goes ~ Stash Two Or More Buttons
Shopping Our Stash  - SOS #98 - Dollar Or Bargain Bin Finds (mine is the papers from poundland)
Forever Friends Challenge Blog - Fortnightly Challenge #60 - Lots Of Flowers
Simon Says Challenge Blog - Simon Says Anything Goes
Tilda's Town - Challenge #50 - May day/Flowers
Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenges - Challenge #164 - Flowers & Lace
Eclectic Ellapu Challenge Blog - Literally Anything Goes
Pile It On  - PIO #17 - April Showers Bring May Flowers
Stamp & Create With Magnolia  - Challenge #8 - Spring With Buttons

Thank you all for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments

Lindsay xx