ATC challenge

We had a lovely evening last night in the studio instead of our usual scrapbooking class we had a crop lots of chatting, laughing tea drinking and Kathryn brought some yummy chocs which went down a treat. Thanks ladies for making it such an enjoyable evening it was just what we all needed.

We have had lots more deliveries of scrummy stash including the most divine flowers, 12 x 12 papers, cardstock and more A4 card and die cut decoupage. Which will all be on the web site shortly..... will let you know when it is on.

Things have just been so busy around here for the last few weeks and then I have not been feeling too well, which does not help at all. Anyway we have not had an ATC swap for a while a few of you have mentioned you have missed us doing a swap every month so lets get it going again and what better theme to start with than 'Let It Snow' this is also our theme this week over on Anything Goes so if you make one you can enter our challenge too!

Here is another one from the set of ATC's I have made for this weeks challenge.
So if you would like to receive one of my ATC's I would love to hear from you. I love seeing what you have made.

Blogger has let me leave a few comments last night and this morning but it has taken ages. Is anyone else have these problems? Some times the comment box isn't even there and some times it is but you have you are unable to type it is most bizarre....

Well I have some yummy new stash waiting....
That just leaves me to say thank Crunchie it is Friday!! Happy Crafting Love Lynne xx

Let It Snow!

Our challenge this week over on

Anything Goes

Let It Snow!

I have made a set of ATCs for a change not made any for ages, this is one of them.

The papers I have used are Black Market Paper Society 'Plum Pudding' Crafty Individuals 'Let It Snow ' stamp MS snowflake punch, Craftwork cards card candy and finished off with some pearl pen. I will show more of them later, blogger permitting.

It has taken several goes over the 3 days to blog this, which has been a challenge in itself.

I am also unable to leave any comments for any of you, the comment box either isn't there or editable or it just comes up error on page and won't open arrrgghhh! I will keep trying so don't think I am ignoring you. Any suggestions welcome. I have been through the help files on blogger but with no joy. I did think for a while it had sorted itself out but it seems worse if anything.

So back to this weeks challenge Let It Snow

We have two guest designers joining our DT this week

so why not pop over and take a look at what they have all been busy making, there are some beautiful works of art on there. Thank you ladies you have done us proud.

I would also like to thank Kathryn for persevering with the post as it became a challenge in itself this week getting the pictures and Mr Linky all on the blog, when blogger just didn't want to play!

Happy Crafting

Lynne xx

Another Christmas card

The sun is trying to get out now after a very frosty start to the day, there are a few places on the lawn where it is already starting to melt.

We all had a lovely time on Saturday at all day Christmas card workshop. We managed 4 cards and a Christmas tree ornament! It was a non stop crafting all the way!! lol I didn't need any rocking to sleep, I was out for the count at 9pm!!

This easel card is in traditional Christmas colours, using Bo Bunny papers, Magnolia stamps and dies MD tree die and MS holly punch vintage photo DI

I love this Tilda stamp she is one of my all time favourites.

Hope you like it, have a great Monday and happy crafting Lynne xx

Christmas card workshop

Due to some last minute cancellations we now have a couple of places on tomorrows all day Christmas card workshop more information here


One of the cards we will be making

Have a good weekend and happy crafting, Lynne x

Deliveries, deliveries and more deliveries...

The deliveries just keep on arriving we have some fantastic new stock in this week including:

• more fabulous Martha Stewart Christmas punches available on our web site here

• Magnolia Merry Little Christmas stamp Collection 2010 along with the yummy new papers and dies

• Re-stocks of Copics Ciao and Copic Ciao sets

• The beautiful Nitwit Essentials Collections of die cut decoupage and A4 backing papers and matching stamps

That's all for now, I am off to ink some of my new Magnolia stamps. Have a lovely evening what ever you are doing.

Happy crafting Lynne xx

Emboss It!

Tuesday evening and time for another challenge over at

Anything Goes

The theme for our 24th Challenge is:

Emboss It

This can be Cuttlebug, Sizzix embossing folders or similar,
stencil and light box, embossing board, stamping and heat embossing, triple embossing or any other embossing you can think of, we would love to see it.

This is my card I have used a Cuttlebug folder for the pearlescent grey and one of Tim Holtz embossing folders from the Alterations range, love this folder it gives very deep embossed detail. It has been sanded and then lightly inked with a pale lilac chalk ink, matted on some white cardstock with a piece of ric rack braid stapled on with a Ranger tiny attacher. A band of lilac card stock that has also been embossed with a Cuttlebug folder.

A close up pic to show the punched buttons, yes they are black paper


Ribbon, tag and a few black pearls to finish off


Why not pop over and have a look at the fabulous creations our DT have come up with this week?

B is for Banner

I have a few pictures to share with you this evening, of a banner that hangs in our studio.

It was made and designed by Jill (with no blog, yet!) It reads 'Magnolia Stamps' it is absolutely fabulous, and I am thrilled to bits with it. Each piece measure 12" tall and each letter is 5 1/2" cut on the Cricut with the Storybook cartridge.

I must apologise for my pictures as they are not the best and by no means do it justice.

I took several pictures this afternoon but not all of them are clear enough to show. I was balancing on a chair at the time trying to get some close ups. lol

Not all the letters are here and they are not in any order

There are large bows at either end which really set it off beautifully.

Blogger is being a pain and won't load the rest, so thats your lot for tonight.

Happy Crafting Lynne x

Sarah's Button Box

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday dear

Sarah

Happy Birthday to you!

Sarah has a blog for her birthday!

why not pop over and say hello?

We hope you have had a lovely

evening with your family Sarah

Love from all of us at the Craft Den

we missed you tonight.

Welcome to blog land & Happy Blogging!

Challenge 23 - The letter 'B'

It Tuesday evening again and that means it is time for a new challenge over at Anything Goes

This week the theme for the challenge

is the letter 'B'

When I showed BH my card this evening he said Pirates doesn't start with B.

To which I replied no but, black, brown and blue do.

To which he then said, Is that the best you can come up with?

Why didn't you do a baby boy on a bike riding under a banner chasing a badger through some buttercups with a basket of buns eating a banana with butterflies flying around in the air?

I just looked at him in amazement wondering where all that came from!

I didn't have an answer at the time, but maybe tomorrow I will challenge him to make one!

So here is my card for this weeks challenge the letter 'B'

B is for Black, Brown Blue

and also: brad, button, barrel, bench, buckle, bones, bloom, bling, bell

OK I am off to look for a stamp of a baby boy on a bike eating a banana! ROFL

Has anyone got one in there stash?? lol

Wouldn't that be hilarious if they did?? lol

Even if you don't I hope we have inspired you to join us

we love to see your creations.

Why not hop over to Anything Goes and see what are DT have come up with

Happy Crafting.

Halloween Star Book Decoration

Good evening to all of you. I hope you are having a lovely spooky evening. Our visitors have just left including Ava. I have some lovely pictures to share with you later when we close the blog candy.

I made a Halloween star book for Ava and added some ribbons to make into a hanging decoration.

I alternated purple, green and orange card to make the main star shape and then added black card to each section and decorated each one.

This is my favorite section with the haunted house cut on Cricut and white pen detail to highlight edges, Doo Hickey lamp post die and foiled spiders web with sections cut out to reveal the black underneath.

The pumpkins are a Cuttlebug die and embossing folder, I inked the edges with purple and green on the leaf. The cat is a Doo Hickey die more foiled papers and lovely spider ribbon.


The ghosts and head stones and Boo text are all Sizzlit dies the cat is cut on the Cricut. Foiled railings from my fabulous Halloween paper pad.

a close up of the beautiful foiled papers.

I will be back later to announce the winner of the blog candy. Well that is if I can keep a wake, which is looking doubtful. You may have to wait until tomorrow.

The Winner is...

The winner of this years Halloween Blog Candy is

Kerry

Ava was a Spider

or if you ask Ava she will say

'Avie pidey'

but she wasn't sure what to do with all her legs!


A big thank you to everyone who took part and hope you all had a great Halloween.

Happy Halloween!

Good morning to you all.

Yesterday I told you about my lovely day I spent crafting. Today I am going to share with you some of what I made....

Trick or Treat bags

A close up of the spider ribbon I used to edge the top of the bags.

Has anyone got a certain craft channel on this morning? Don't usually watch it but just loving that Imagine!! It looks fantastic doesn't it?

Going to go and put a few Halloween decorations up for this evening. When little Miss Ava will be here in her Halloween Costume.... Not too late to join in our Halloween blog candy if you haven't done so already. All you have to do is guess what she will be wearing this evening. Candy closes at 12pm midnight.

Happy Spooky Halloween

Lynne xx

Halloween Birthday Card

I have just spent the best day with one of my crafting buddies and we have had a ball. We have had every machine, tool, ink pad, stamp, die, punch possible out. We could not move for stuff on the table, floor or chairs you name it we had it out! I have made some trick or treat bags, star album and Halloween cards.




My blog candy finishes tomorrow night and our challenge over on Anything Goes this week is Halloween.

Hope you are all having a spooky time and a great weekend. Happy crafting Lynne

Week 22 - Halloween

It is week 22 over on our challenge blog ANYTHING GOES
and we are very late getting it kick started this week, but that's life, as they say. You can read why over there. Why not pop over and see what our fabulous DT have created this week? We have some wonderful pieces of art to share with you cards, boxes, trick or treat bags, scrapbook layout, wall hanging......

My blog candy finishes on Sunday evening so if you have not had a go yet, what you waiting for, some great candy up for grabs if you can guess what my darling little granddaughter is going to be dressing up as this weekend for Halloween.

All that leaves me to say is THANK CRUNCHIE IT IS FRIDAY

Hope you all have a fabulous day and I will see you all later.

Lynne xx

Bickits

My lovely little Granddaughter Ava, has been poorly over the last few weeks.
She was just getting over a flu virus when she started with a sickness bug, which was first thought to be food poisoning, poor little mite. I am happy to say she is now well on the mend and needs building up as she has lost a lot of weight.

So I was really pleased when she phoned last night, with the help of Dad of course. Ava does know how to get the lock of the phone, last time she rang my cousins wife. I think that maybe the first of many calls they will be getting them being the first name in the contacts list, her name is Ann. lol

So when I received these pictures I thought I would share them with you all. Can't wait to print them off and scrapbook them. Might have to be one of Sunday's projects I think.

Anyway I asked Ava what she was doing and she replied 'Baking'

'What are you baking?' 'Bickits'

Since they moved house Ava favorite place is sitting at the bottom of the stairs.

Where does Ava mix her biscuits? sitting on the stairs of course.

mmm looking good

and like every good cook, you must have a taste...

biscuits for supper it is then.

Happy Crafting.

Halloween Blog Candy

This blog candy is now closed.

Thank you to everyone who joined in.

Craft Den Halloween Blog Candy

Blog Candy includes 2 Paper Artsy Christmas stamp sheets, 3 x Prima clear stamps with bling, 2 x Crafty Individual 6 x 6 paper pads, 3 wooden Christmas shapes, 2 Christmas holly and berry bunches 6 metres of ribbon, 7 Gypsies crystal ring dangles, 3 x bunches of paper flowers in white, cerise, pale pink, a mix red and white heart and round pins, 5 x 12 x 12 Christmas papers.

All you have to do for a chance of winning this lovely candy is to leave a comment saying what you think Ava my 21 month old Grand-daughter will be dressed as for Halloween this year, add yourself as a follower, add a picture of our lovely candy on your blog linking it back here.

This is Ava dressed up last year as the Cutest Witch.

So what do you think she will be this year?

This blog candy is up for grabs until midnight on the 31st October 2010 when we will announce the winner! This post will stay at the top of my blog until we announce the winner.

Good Luck

Another Christmas Card!

Hope you have all had a good weekend. I have not been able to get on to blogger since Saturday evening, it is a real nuisance to say the least.

Another card from Saturdays Christmas workshop. A wrap over card with a large tag in the pocket. Bo Bunny papers, Cuttlebug snowflake die, Martha Stewart deep edge snowflake punch and small snow flake, pearl pen, card candy and ribbon to finish off.

I cut a large white snowflake with my Cuttlebug die and covered in white puff paint, while still wet I sprinkled with Glamour Dust and left to dry. When dry I heated with heat gun to activate the puff paint. Looks better in real life, as they say.

Our challenge over on Anything Goes this week is Black and White it runs until tomorrow evening, so you still have time to join us.

Happy Crafting Lynne xx

Christmas workshop...

We had a great time in the studio yesterday at the second of our all day Christmas card workshops. Punching, inking, triple embossing, stamping. This is one of my cards from yesterday

Basic Grey Jovial papers, Inkadinkadoo stamps Craftwork cards sentiments Martha Stewart boarder, poinsettia, snowflake, vintage doily and branch punches and Cuttlebug snowflake die, pearl brads, chain and snowflake charm.

Hope you are all having a great weekend it is definitely crafting weather. Lynne xx

More new stock just in...

Just thought I would give you a quick stock update

The Magnolia Ink Christmas Edition Magazine is here!! Yavvy

also arrived this morning from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology range

Paper Stash 36 Seasonal Papers in a yummy pad £13.50

Seasonal Salvage Stickers £3.95

Lost & Found Salvage Stickers £3.95

Due to cancellations we now have 2 places left on

Saturdays all day Christmas card making class

10am - 3pm - £20

ring Lynne on o114 2340732

for more information.

Black & White

It is Tuesday evening and time for another challenge over at

ANYTHING GOES

Doreen is our Guest Designer this week and the theme is

Black & White

why not pop over and take a look at the fantastic creations they have come up with this week?

Thank you ladies, you have done us proud again.

We have had few manic few days here to say the least, unpacking all the new goodies. We had a delivery of beads and jewellery findings on Thursday. The Copic delivery arrived yesterday and also the Festive Frolics collection from Pappermania which is just fabulous, papers in 6x6, 8x8, 12x12, decoupage card kits in A4 and A5, brads, stamps and paper kits.

The new Martha Stewart and EK Sucess punches are fantastic and a real must have!!

The Christmas Magnolia Ink mag is arriving tomorrow and the new Christmas stamps, papers and dies are due any day soon too!

I have sorted the Halloween blog candy and hopefully I will find time to blog it tomorrow.

So get your thinking caps on ladies, what do you think the lovely little Ava is going to be dressing up as this year for Halloween??

Happy Crafting and see you all tomorrow.

Lynne xx