#3 Challenge

Hi everyone. How was your week? Mine was 'eventful'!!! I'm hoping this week is a LOT more relaxed. Ok, I made this card for the 3rd Anya Ink Challenge which was Bling. I used the Spring Couple from CC Designs, coloured with Copic Markers and the papers I used was actually in my "throw pile". I went through some of my papers and was throwing away a heap that came free with magazines over the years!!! Then I started flipping through and just 'trying' this and that. Needless to say, the bin hasnt seen that pile of papers, they are now sat on my desk!!! The shame of it...... I'm such a HOARDER.... ha ha.  Bec from Bizzy Becs has very kindly sponsored us for this challenge and she's giving away a fabulous prize so I hope you can all join in the fun. THANKS BEC, your a real star. Ok, guys, hope you all have a great fortnight. Thanks for stopping by. Hugs to you all and a bigger hug for anyone that needs it. Lorraine xxxx

Challenge # 2 - Buttons and Bows

Hi guys. I made this card for the Anya Ink Challenge, Buttons and Bows. I had so much fun with this. I even used my copic blender pen to make the little circles on Trevors tie. I'm well proud of myself (sorry, a bit of English slang there!!!). If you could hear me, I talk just the same way!!! Anyway, I think the rest speaks for itself. Hope to see you in this next Challenge, girls. Thanks for stopping by. Lorraine

Picking Apples

Hi everyone. I made this card for the challenge over at Anya Ink Challenge blog which was to Make an Easel card. The image is the very cute 'Twinkle Tots' Lottie from The Greeting Farm and I used a Martha Stewart punch for the edges of the card.  Why dont you nip over to the 'new look' Anya Ink Challenge site and take a look at the fabulous cards the DT Members have created for your inspiration. Hey, why not have a go at the Challenge? The winner  receives one of the DT members cards. What fun....

                       Thanks for stopping by and see you next time.     

Lorraine

Friends to the end.

Hi everyone. Well, I was so excited using these colours for Sammi's Mad for Markers Colour Challenge that I decided to make another card. I just LOVE these colours together. Every now and then we get to do something that really inspires us, and, for me, these colours really did that. Thanks for the challenge, Sammi. I've thoroughly enjoyed it. Hope its ok to enter 2 cards!!! Thanks for stopping by. See you next time. Hugs. Lorraine

Bird in the Sky

Hi all. Wow, 3 cards in 3 days..... gee, put the flags out. I coloured Tilda's clothes with Sakura Gelly Roll pens. Yes, you heard correct. They watercolour beautifully and leave a real shimmer. If you click on the photo you might see that gorgeous sparkle. If not, trust me, they are gorgeous. Try it and let me know what you think. Dont colour directly onto paper, put the colour down first onto a piece of acetate or something and pick up the colour from there. Have fun!!! Sorry folks, I have just edited this so that I can add something. I cannot get the shimmer to show up on the photo. Even enlarging the photo doesnt help. Give it a go and see for yourself.

Summer Flowers

Hi everyone. Well, I have been WAY behing the times, I'm afraid. I have never worked off a page map before so my friend printed us some out and we decided to have a play day and give them a go. Wow, what have we been missing? I love them. They are so easy to do. Here's the one I made. I'm off now to try another one, because I've been so slack the last 2 weeks. Hope your all having plenty of creative time.

Wishing you a Sweet Day

Wow. Another post so close to my last one. More to the point, another card, so close to my last one. I'm feeling extremely proud of myself for sticking to my "new year promise" of finding more time to craft!!! Guess what? I actually sewed on my machine. Now if you knew me, you would know that sewing is like an extreme sport to me. I'd rather go and jump out of an aeroplane. I never learnt to set up a sewing machine. When all the kids in my class was sewing, I was sat at the back of the classroom, knitting. (My Mum and Dad owned a wool store).  I was always in disgrace with my teacher because I flatly refused to learn to sew. So at 44 years old, this was no easy task for me. Anyway, apart from the sewing, nothing new on this card. Thanks for coming to take a look. Have a great day.

Oh Christmas Tree

Hi guys. Now I know this is really lame, BUT, Christmas went by sooooo fast I didnt get chance to update my blog. Now your not going to believe this but I only made 2 (yes ,two) cards this Christmas. I'm ashamed to say I bought the rest (shock, horror). This is one of them that I made for my very dear friend, Deb. I would NEVER give her a bought card. I think she would throttle me, what with all the shopping trips we have to go buy new goodies!!! I used Flower Soft on the tree and underneath the ribbon I used a technique I found on someone's blog called paper lace. I wish I could remember her name. It was so cool. If I remember I will let you know. Anyway, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and I would like to wish  you all a very crafty 2010. Happy New Year to all you crafters out there. May we all have more time in our craft rooms than we really need..... hehe.

Tilda with tulips

I had time to do another quick card today, in between renovations and mess...  We've been living without kitchen benches and sink for last week and a half, so its been a nightmare. The old camping stove in the centre of a table just doesnt cut it. Eating out however, does. Except for the excess kilo's!!!!!!!!! Pizza, chinese, noodle bar, subway............. They are putting on the granite tops and putting my sink in tomorrow, so hopefully, we'll be back to normal real soon. Then I might be able to spend more time in my vey neglected craft room. Why does my ribbon look so wobbly? Mmmmm, cant work it out, but I think the photo is a LITTLE better this time. Bye for now.

Picking flowers from the Garden

I'm not too good at keeping these blog posts up, am I? My friends arrived last Tuesday from England, and I havnt done a single thing in my craft room since. So, last night a threw an extemely simple card together, added Tilda, and voila. Dry embossing and colouring with copics is as hard as this one gets. I used flower soft on the basket of flowers. The photo corner looks terrible on this picture, but in real life its actually nearly the same colour as tilda's dress. Hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things soon and try and post a bit more often. Bye till then.