Easter Decor ............

Hi everyone, I hope you are having a good day.  Me and Grace had an Easter craft day on Sunday and the first thing we made was an Easter tree.  I've seen lots of these on pinterest so I decided to have a go myself.  We sent Will off to get some twigs and I put them in some blue tack at the bottom of the jug so they would stand up straight.  I brought the little decorations from a gift shop a few weeks ago and the eggs were from Poundland.   

This is a close up of one of our bunny decorations:

The next thing we did was make an Easter bunny garland to go on the dresser in the kitchen.  Now I can't take the credit for this garland as I saw it on another blog here and you can download the bunny printable from there too.

 Me and grace made this together as she cut out some of the bunnies and made some pom poms with my new pom pom makers which make them very quick and easy to do.  

And this is a bit of a closer view:

And finally a wooden bunny that I brought Grace to colour in:

Thanks for stopping by today.  Your comments are really appreciated.

Hugs Lynsey x

4th Birthday Layout ..............

Hi everyone and happy Monday to you!  I'm back with another layout made at the crop I go to.  Grace is now coming up to her 7th Birthday next month, so it was good to get these photos scrapped!  I really don't know where the years are going to, they are just flying by far to quick for my liking! 

The papers are lawn fawn and the flower die is a sizzix one belonging to the shop.  It's quite a simple layout but I like it and it's another precious memory captured!

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

Winter Wonderland DT Call ..................

Hi everyone, I hope you have had a lovely weekend.   I have had a super busy one as Grace has been in 3 dance shows and today me and Grace have been doing some Easter crafts.  I will share those with you in the next few days!

Anyway onto the DT call, we are looking for two new members over at Winter Wonderland so if you fancy joining a friendly team of card makers and would like a nice pile of Christmas cards made by December then why not give it a go!   We would love to hear from you.    All you need to do is link your blog to the DT call post here.  I love being part of the team as I never get fed up of making Christmas cards as there is never at mad rush when December comes and I get to use my Christmas stash all through the year.

Well I hope I have convinced you to enter our DT call!

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

Birthday Lego and a Free Stamp From Little Claire!

Hi everyone, I hope you are all well and enjoying the start of the weekend.  I have a lego themed card to share with you today that I have made for my nephew Harry who has his Birthday next month.  I can't take the credit for the lego made of candy on this page as I saw my friend Marianne had used card candy in 'Making Cards' magazine.   

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - A Cut Above

Pennys Challenges - Boys and Girls Come out to Play

I also want to let you know about about a great offer over at Little Claire. 

Steve from Little Claire is 50 today and to celebrate they have a special online offer for the day.    As Steve keeps saying he's only 25, there is a great 25% discount on any online purchases during Saturday 28 March (that means 35% for Club members) when the discount code 'steve50' is entered at the checkout. Anyone who takes up the offer will also receive this free stamp from Little Claire:

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Hugs Lynsey x

Materials: 

Coloured Image - Pink Gem

Papers - Jilly Bean Soup

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Square Punch - Docrafts

Letter Stamps - Dovecraft

Winter Wonderland Challenge .................

Hi everyone and happy Friday!  We have a new challenge over at Winter Wonderland and our theme for you this week is 'Embossing' and it can either be wet or dry!  I've used wet embossing on my sentiment.  I love white embossing on kraft card for sentiments.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Aurora Wings Challenge - Anything Goes

The Sugar Bowl - Anything Goes

ABC Challenge - F is for Frosty

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey 

Materials:

Image - Sugar Nellie

Papers and Sentiment - LOTV

Flower Die Cherry Blossom - Memory Box

Holly Leaves - Memory Box

Birthday Cupcakes ..........

Hi everyone, well another week is whizzing by again.   I have a layout to share with you tonight of a few pictures I took on Will's birthday last year.  I made this page at a crop I go to at a lovely craft shop near me called Sprinkle Twinkle and I'm really pleased with how it turned out. 

The lovely banner dies I have used are by Lawn Fawn but they are not mine they belong to Natalie who owns the shop.  We get to use lots of lovely dies at the crop and these ones are on my list for when I go to Ally Pally next month!  The papers are also by lawn fawn.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

Hit the Road Jack!

Hi everyone, I hope your week is going well.  I have a card to share with you today that I made for my friend Marianne's husband Graham who is a big fan of cars.  The image I have used is a Pollycraft one and sadly the shop is no longer running however Little Miss Muffett do have some of the images in their shop. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Craftying by Design - Masculine

Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes

That Craft Place - Add a Charm

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Add some metal

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

Materials:

Image - Pollycraft

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Papers - LOTV

Wooden Car - Studio Calico

Charm from stash

Birthday Bear ..............

Hi everyone, I hope you are all having a lovely weekend.  I've got all my housework done, baked some cakes and I'm now just waiting for my friend Marianne to come over with her husband so I thought I would write a quick post.  I have a card to share with you today which I made using one of the Lily of the Valley art pads. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Happy Anything

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Crafts 4 Eternity - Pastel Shades

Art by Miran - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

Something Different and My Half Marathon

Hi everyone I hope your week is going well.  I have something different to share with you today, I love my scrapbooking but I never have time to record all the stories and photos that I want to.  After watching some videos on Youtube recently about project life I decided that I would give it go and I am so enjoying it!  I'm not doing weekly pages how some people do, I am doing monthly ones and it just depends on how much I have done that month as to how many pages I will create.  I am just going to see how it goes.  I will still do some regular layouts as well and I plan to put them all in the same album.  On this layout I've also included a little picture that Grace made me with a lovely little note on.  I'm so pleased I have a special space to store her little notes as well. 

Thank you to everyone that left me messages about my half marathon run on Sunday. I did manage it, I was really pleased as I ran the whole race with out stopping in 2 hours 17 minutes and 42 seconds!  The seconds are important!  The only disappointing thing about the race was that I got overtaken by a minion lol!   

Here is a picture of me with my sister, her husband and some friends who all ran the race:

and this is my medal!

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

Mother's Day Card ................

Hi everyone, this is a scheduled post as I've got a day off work today as I stayed over my sister's last night hopefully for a little celebration of completing our half marathon but as it's Friday night when I type this I don't know if I succeed by this point or not hopefully I will have done! 

Anyway I have a card to share with you tonight which I made for my Mum and I made another the same for my MIL for Mother's day.  We celebrated Mother's Day a week earlier and they came round for afternoon tea which was very nice.  They also had a bouquet of flowers each which they also had last week.   I'm very thankful to be have both of them as they both have heart problems. 

Anyway I'm rambling now, thank you so much for stopping by your comments are always very much appreciated and always make me smile. 

Hugs Lynsey x

Materials:

Image - LOTV Art Pad

Papers - Dovecraft

Flowers - Wild Orchid

Lace - Crafty Ribbons

Little Claire Challenge ................

Hi everyone, I'm back today with a card for the new stamping challenge over at Little Claire and our theme for you this month is 'Spring'.   I don't know what the weather was like where you live yesterday but it was beautiful and sunny in Norfolk and it really felt like spring was here.  I have a thing for yellow when spring comes so I can't seem to stop using it at the moment!  

I have used a super cute image tulip bunny on my card so I hope this makes you think of spring.  I'm running my half marathon tomorrow at Silverstone starting to get a bit nervous about it all now!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Card Maniac - Spring

Little Miss Muffet - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x 

Materials:

Image - Little Claire

Papers - Lily Rose

Sentiments - LOTV

Flowers - Wild Orchid

Leaf Punch - MS

Yellow Polka Dot Ribbon - Crafty Ribbons

Pearls from stash

Winter Wonderland Challenge ............

Hi everyone and happy Friday to you!  I hope your week has gone well.  It's time for another challenge over at Winter Wonderland and our challenge for you this week is 'Blue Christmas'.  I decided to do a clean and simple card for a change which was a bit of challenge for me as I'm more normally a more is more kind of card maker!  I brought this stamp last year I think and never got round to using it so it was good to finally ink it up.  I think I will make more cards like this for Christmas as they are quick to make and the postage won't be a large letter stamp!  

I hope you will join in with our challenge this time and make a start on those Christmas cards!  

We have a wonderful sponsor this week:

Crafty Sentiments Designs

who have a wonderful prize for the winner.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsery x

Materials:

Image - Woodware

Papers - LOTV

Little Claire Digi Challenge ...............

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday to you!  It's time for another Digi Challenge over at the Little Claire and our challenge for you this month is to make a 'Shaped Card'.  I have used a super cute image called Digi Duck Mum which I thought would be perfect for Grace's Easter card.

There is a wonderful prize this month of :

5 digi stamps for the winner. 

You must use a digi to take part in the challenge but it does not have to be a Little Claire digi.  I hope you will come along and join in this month.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Card Maniac - Spring

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Chocolate Coffee & Cards - For a Child

Send a Smile 4 Kids - Easter Spring Cards for Kids

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

Materials:

Image - Little Claire

Papers - Craftwork Cards

Flowers - Wild Orchid

Die - Sue Wilson

Sentiment - Docrafts

Animal cuddles ................

Hi everyone, I hope you are well and having a good week so far. I have a card to share with you this morning which features the most animal cuddles ribbon from Crafty ribbons.  I have teamed up the ribbon with a cute Sugar Nellie stamp that I got for £1  when Funky Kits had a sale on recently. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Cards Galore - Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes

ABC Challenge - E is for exceptionally cute!

Cute Card Thursday - Die cuts and punches

Art by Miran - Anything Goes

The Sugar Bowl - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

Materials:

Image - Sugar Nellie

Papers - Docrafts

Butterfly Dies - Crafters Companion

Ribbon - Crafty Ribbon

Pearls from Stash

Crafty Ribbons Challenge ............

Hi everyone, I hope you are having a good week.  It's time for another challenge over at Crafty Ribbons and our challenge for you this time is to 'Use a ribbon, charm and pearls.  Lots of lovely things to add to a card there so I hope you will come along and join in our challenge. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

Materials:

Image - LOTV

Sentiment - Stampin Up

Papers - Lily Rose

Ribbon - Lemon Polka Dot from Crafty Ribbons

Swirl Die - Marianne

Flowers - Wild Orchid

Pearls, Twine and Charm from stash

Candy Winner ..................

Hi everyone,  I'm back tonight with the winner of my mini candy and as chosen by Random.org:

is number 2 so that's Mags!

Congratulations Mags, please email your address so I can send your prize.

Hugs Lynsey x

A Scrapbook Page .................

Hi everyone and happy Sunday to you all.  I've been for my long run today, but only ran just under 10 miles this week.  The first 5 miles we ran really quickly and then the second half was slower.  My race pack has arrived ready for the half marathon in 2 weeks time, so starting to feel a little nervous now!  

Anyway onto to my layout which I have to share with you today which I made using a great sketch from Scapology.  This is all about Grace's first day starting Year 2 in September.  I loved the sketch and was quite pleased with how this layout turned out.

I would like to enter my layout into the S is for Squares challenge at Scrapology.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x