Happy Halloween Everyone

Hope you all have a great evening, and what ever you are doing Enjoy!

Love and hugs to all Lynne xox

Magnolia Ink - Turning Leaves

Magnolia Ink - Turning Leaves - Issue 5 

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Cupcake Girl...

Good morning all my crafting blogging buddies. Where has the sunshine gone? Just when we start getting used to enjoying lovely long summer days the rain comes back....

I have a quick card to share with you this morning. 

The card is 8 x 8 backing paper are from a First Edition 8 x 8 Dreamcatcher paper stack. The topper is a Mo Manning from the Cupcake girls collection. All finished off with a big yummy satin bow a few beautiful flowers all edged with Crystal Stickles.

A quick card and even quicker post from me this morning. Got loads to do, hope to catch you all later.

Happy crafting and 'Thank Crunchie its Friday' :-)

Love and hugs Lynne xox

Here comes summer...

What a fabulous day, has summer come at last? Hope you are all enjoying sunshine this weekend like we are here in Sheffield.

The card I am sharing with you today is 8" x 8" the backing papers are from a First Edition 8" x 8" paper pad called Dreamcatcher. The 8" pad contain 48 sheets 3 each of 16 deigns

The topper is Sweet Blossom part of a sheet of six.

Hope you like it.

Happy crafting

Love and hugs Lynne xox

Lavender & Lace

The challenge over at Anything Goes is Lavender & Lace. This is the card I made and didn't get round to blogging it, but you know what they say "Better late than never"  Lavender & Lace is Challenge No. 71 and runs until July 23rd 2012. So why not pop over and have a look at what our very talented design team have created.

The card is 8" x 8" the backing papers are from a Dream Catcher 1st edition 8" paper stack the image is from a set of Mo Manning die cut card toppers, with lots of yummy flowers, pins, lace finished of with Stickles

For those of you who have been asking about the levels of the River Loxley near my home with all of the rain we had been having earlier this month. I have a few pictures to share with you from two weeks ago last Friday July 6th 2012. If you live in the Sheffield area you may remember the concerns that the River Don looked like it was ready to burst it banks again, and Meadowhall shut early just in case. Luckily the River Don peaked at 9pm with no flooding.

My pictures were taken on Friday 6th July at 7pm. 

You can usually see the rocks and stones on the river bed with a few ducks as in the next picture taken a couple of weeks earlier while Ava was feeding the ducks.

The wear is just passed the bottom of our garden

 

Malin Bridge where the River Rivelin meets the River Loxley

The weather forecast is good for the school holidays so fingers crossed.

What ever you are doing this weekend Enjoy!

Happy Crafting

Hugs Lynne xox

Down in the jungle

Last week was my Grandson Rocco's 1st birthday and we had a jungle theme garden party for him. We were really lucky with the weather, it was a glorious sunny day. One of the very few we have had this summer. I thought it would be nice to make him a jungle theme card.

The card was 8" x 8" and concertina style. 

Really enjoyed making it and could have just kept adding to it.

Happy crafting.

Hugs Lynne xox

Embroidered Cushion and Quilt

Good morning all from a very wet Sheffield. It looks like it is going to be another indoor day today, oh dear we will just have to stay in and craft! I beginning to think we should all have webbed feet!! lol 

To be honest the rain hasn't bothered me too much as I have been keeping myself busy sewing. I got my sewing machine fixed last week it has been poorly for several months. So I bit the bullet and took it for its new part.

I have made a baby quilt and matching cushion for a little girl's 1st birthday.  

I started by creating a selection of machine embroidered squares, a bunch of balloons, ice cream cone, flower heart and name.

The white fabric is Moda Muslin Mates with white small footprints. A close up of the heart square. 

What ever you are doing today enjoy!

Happy crafting and sewing.

Hugs Lynne xox

Baby quilt

Thank goodness the thunder and  rain has passed over. Hasn't it been a horrid day? Wet, hot, cold, wet, thunder, rain sun. One minute it was raining, really bucketing it down the next the sun was out and the paths were steaming half an hour later the rain was back. I wished it would make its mind up! Anyway what ever you have been doing today I hope you have all managed to keep dry, perhaps been able to stay in doors crafting. 

I have been busy sewing, making the patchwork blocks for a baby girls 1st birthday quilt. I will take some photos when its finished. This quilt is one I made a few weeks back for a baby boys birthday. The blocks are 10" square, not a very good picture I know. The fabric had such lovely farmyard scenes on it I didn't want to cut it up. lol

Happy crafting hugs Lynne xox

Polka Dots with a Birthday Theme

The challenge this fortnight over on Anything Goes is Polka Dots with a Birthday Theme.

I have made a 8" x 8" card, the backing paper is a sheet from a Spring Feast First Editions paper stack, love these papers they are 200gsm some are double sided and the others have that beautiful glitter effect like this one that doesn't rub off.

As the theme is Polka Dots I have tried to use as many dots and spots as I could find. Bo Bunny Coral Dot from the Double Dot collection, Black and White spot paper from Echo Park Bella Road collection cut with a scalloped circle nestie. Dotted Swizz from Bazzill in white for the tag with Bo Bunny Double Dot ribbon. 

All the edges including my flowers are coloured with Versa magic chalk ink Red Brick.

Happy Crafting love and hugs Lynne xoxo

Fabulous day...

Sorry I didn't get back on yesterday with the pics as promised, I am having problems sitting, the result of a fall I had a few weeks ago.

Here are a few of my photos from Sunday. Rocco took a liking to my sewing tin the lid is a very large shaped wooden button. He played for a while taking the lid on and off and then when it was time to tidy up he was off with it! lol 

We then went out for a lovely meal. Here's Ava counting her money...

Rocco with his eye on something I think it was Ava's ice cream

on the way home we called off at the park for a swing

It was a lovely day and we all had a great time.

The card I am sharing with you today is 8" x 8" the papers are Basic Grey 12 x 12 Origins and Bazzill cardstock. 

EK Success Rock Fern punch, Cheery Lynn Flourish die Craftwork cards sentiments and a few pearls all finished off with some lovely Stickles.

Happy crafting hugs Lynne xox

Princess carriage

Hello all my crafting buddies. Its lovely morning here in Sheffield, the sun is shinning. Is summer here at last?

I thought I would show you the Princess carriage book I was asked to make, again no pics.

Well I had a fabulous birthday yesterday, and I will be back later with pics from the day and some of the gorgeous cards I received. I felt really spoilt ....

Have a great day, hope the sun is shinning where you are.

Happy crafting hugs Lynne xox

Train book

Tonight I have a train album to show you.

I have used Magnolia 12 x 12 papers to cover the pages with Bazzill cardstock for the wheels etc with a touch of silver glitter card for the funnel, finished off with lots of ribbons tied on the book rings and some crystal Stickles highlight the edges..

I found this a challenge without any pics.

Happy crafting Lynne

What to do when you don't want to be 60...

After lots of help from other fellow bloggers I seem to have sorted leaving comments and now that I have changed the background I can receive comments too! So a BIG thank you to everyone who has suggested different things to try.

Now for todays card.  A customer asked if I could make a glittery silver and white card with 59 + 1 for her husband who really didn't want to be 60. This is what I came up with, what do you think?

My customer loved it and more importantly so did her husband. :-)

Happy crafting hugs Lynne xox

Tuesday card class

Good morning to all my crafting buddies. It looks like being a nice day again today here in Sheffield.... fingers crossed. :-)

The card I have to show you this morning is one we made in card class last week.

The flowers are embossed on black and white colour core cardstock using an embossing folder called 'Dandelion Whispers' lightly sanded back to reveal the white core. Crystal stickles to highlight and card candi for the center of the flowers. 

Happy crafting hugs Lynne xox

Anemone card

Good evening  to all my crafting buddies. I hope you have all had a good weekend despite the horrid weather. The sun managed to get out today in Sheffield, fingers crossed it will do again tomorrow.

For todays card I have used IndigoBlu Anemone corner stamp and Bo Bunny papers.

Anemone corner stamp and Bo Bunny papers. The stamped image is coloured with Copics and edged with crystal stickles, the leaves are EK Success rock leaf punch.
The sentiment is from the IndigoBlu Poppy Meadow stamp set and layered on card cut using two Spellbinder scalloped square nesties.

Thank you for your emails letting me know you can not leave me comments. 

I know how annoying that can be! lol

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Lynne xox

Big Birthday Wishes

Well its managed to keep dry here this afternoon in Sheffield. It is still cold although the sun has tried to come out on a few occasions. I have a card to share with this you this afternoon that I made for my Auntie's birthday. 

The papers are Bo Bunny from the Peacock Lane collection and the numbers are cut from Bazzill Dotted Swizz.

Wherever you are I hope it has managed to keep fine and dry and you are enjoying your weekend.

Happy Crafting Lynne xoxo

Black, white and Gold

A quick card using IndigoBlu stamps, FlitterGlu and MegaFlake

The Anemone image was stamped with FlitterGlu on black card and MegaFlake added, matted and layered on a gold embossed card and then on black. I have stamped around the edges of an 8 x 8 card with black archival ink using a small flourish stamp.

 

A close up picture to show the detail, the rich gold colours work so well on the black card.

Happy Crafting Lynne xox

Can any one help?

Its great being back on the net and be able to blog and visit you all again but I can't leave comments!! It is so frustrating. The comment box is there for a second or two and then vanishes completely!! Has anybody else had this problem and how did you mange to sort it? I would appreciate it if you have any ideas. Also I have had a few emails to say you are also having problems leaving me comments, if any one knows what I am doing wrong or not doing as the case maybe I would love to hear from you. If you can't comment my email is sales@craftden.co.uk. Thanks hugs Lynne xox

Thank you, sorted it with Google Chrome L x

She Art Canvas

Several months ago I had great fun at the She Art online workshop with Chrissy Tomlinson. Really enjoyed it as I haven't done anything like this for simply ages.

What ever you are doing this weekend, Enjoy!

Happy Crafting.

Love and hugs Lynne xox

Once Upon a Springtime Icon

The rain may have stopped but it is still very, very cold not at all like June, we've got the heating on. Think it might be a indoor crafting weekend.

 I was asked to decorated this little wooden icon for a present. I started by painting the back, sides and edges with acrylic paint in a soft peach and left to dry. I cut three strips of paper from a Once upon a Springtime 8 x 8 Graphic 45 paper stack to fit the 3 panels. The pictures are just the right size. I added lots of Stickles to the fairies in crystal, tiara and waterfall, rubbed Viva Decor Inka Gold in Old Gold on all the edges and finished of with a small bling flourish cut in half . My customer loved it, hope her Mum does too.

Happy crafting Lynne