My 3rd Blogoversary Candy Giveaway!

Hi everyone it's time to celebrate my 3rd blogoversary with a little candy for my followers.  I can't believe I have had my blog for 3 years!  It has certainly been the best thing I ever done in terms of crafting and given me the opportunity to be part of some great Design Teams as well as becoming a demonstrator for Crafter's Companion.  I have also met some lovely blogging buddies along the way so thank you to all my buddies too for the wonderful inspiration and friendship I have had from you on my blogging journey!

My candy consists of the following:

1 Humphrey Stamp from Crafter's Companion
1 Popcorn Pals Stamp from Crafter's Companion
1 pack of 6 x 6 Wild Rose Studio Paper
A selection of handmade flowers

To be in with a chance of winning my candy please be a follower of my blog and leave a link on your side bar and enter the linkz below, thats it, nice and easy!

Thanks for stopping by
Hugs Lynsey x

The draw ends 31st July

1.	Leah Ann Gast	26.	maggie	51.	Лілюська-Lilia
2.	Annelies	27.	Aluap	52.	Catherine
3.	Ghanima	28.	Bashful	53.	Vee
4.	Kate	29.	Guylaine	54.	Rosalee M.
5.	Lynsey	30.	Ukka	55.	Laila
6.	Lynne B	31.	Jenny Johnson	56.	Pamela
7.	sharon	32.	Chabersztyna	57.	Ruki
8.	kayc	33.	Sol :-)	58.	Yasmin
9.	МамаФиалка	34.	Priya Sondhi	59.	Mallika
10.	Lilang	35.	Riti Banka Poddar	60.	helksa
11.	Marianne MW	36.	mary b	61.	nitzan
12.	**Vicky**	37.	Kelly Smith	62.	olga
13.	Claire M	38.	Denise G	63.	April T
14.	Lisa	39.	littlehamsterz	64.	sofia
15.	donna mosley	40.	Peninia	65.	Zelya
16.	Misu	41.	Герцогиня	66.	Edel
17.	Marit Meijer	42.	Annelies	67.	Gośka
18.	AndreaJB	43.	rosa.kreattiva italy	68.	carma30
19.	heather w	44.	Hazel Conboy	69.	Debbles Dabbles
20.	Marianne's Craftroom	45.	CatsCreativeCorner	70.	lydia
21.	darcy48	46.	sallysbitz	71.	Two Pink Peas Terri
22.	Linda Roberts	47.	Sarah Moura	72.	heaney
23.	Priya Mohan	48.	Neha	73.	Sandy G
24.	sarah	49.	chrissie R	74.	ilaria S
25.	jayne	50.	Ines

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Hubbys Birthday Card.......

Hi everyone, it was my husband Will's Birthday yesterday and this is the card that I made for him.   I used a lovely image from LOTV and used my new Spectrum Noir pens from Crafter's Companion I am so loving my new pens and exploring all the new colours and colour combinations.  

I am still waiting for the sunshine to arrive in Norfolk but there is no sign of it yet! I hope it does come out as we have some friends coming round for a bbq later.    

I am entering this card into this week's challenge at  Asllsorts Free and Easy Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Materials:
Image - LOTV
Coloured with Speccy Noir
Papers - Crafters Companion SWALK CD and Papermania Mens Pack
Sentiment stamp - Forever Friends Retro Sentiment Stamps

SWALK Sneak Peak!

Hi everyone, I have a SWALK sneak peak to share with you today.  The new SWALK and Humphrey stamps will be released tomorrow on the Crafter's Companion website and on Create and Craft on Saturday and Sunday.  My gorgeous SWALK image has been coloured using my fabby new spectrum noir pens.  I really love the turquoise colours they are some of my favorites.  

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly Sketch Challenge
Allsorts Challenge - Free and Easy

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs Lynsey x

New Humphrey Sneak Peak!

Hi everyone, and welcome to my new followers.  Today I have a sneak peak of one of the new Humphrey stamps from Crafter's Companion which will be released on Friday on the Crafter's Companion website and on Create and Craft on Saturday and Sunday this weekend.   I think this baby Humphrey stamp is just perfect to welcome a new little person into the world and great for girls and boys.  I know I will be using this stamp alot!   These stamps are such a great price at only £3.99 each or a multiple buy of 3 for £10. 

I have used my fantastic new Spectrum Noir pens from Crafter's Companion. These make blending colours so easy that I am sure they are improving my colouring skills.  They are definitely my new love!  The sentiment on my card also comes with this gorgeous baby Humphrey stamp and the papers are from the Humphrey CD. 

For your chance of winning this and the rest of the range of the new Humphrey and SWALK stamps take a visit to the Crafter's Companion New and View Blog to take part in the blog hop.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Hooked on Crafts - Challenge 4 Cute and Cuddly
Die Cut Dreams Animal Antics
Fab and Funky Challenges - Animal Magic
Divas by Design - Pastels
Totally Gorjuss Punch or Die

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Winter Wonderland Challenge - The Holly and Ivy

Hi everyone, time for another challenge at Winter Wonderland and our theme for you this week is 'Holly and Ivy'. I've used a cute Forever Friends decoupage and papers from the Forever Friends Retro Christmas Paper pack from my card and it was so quick to do!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Polka Doodle Christmas in July
CES Challenge - Christmas

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Spectrumn Noir Pens and A Butterfly Card ........

Hi everyone, well I have had an exciting day today as my fantastic my fantastic Spectrum Noir pens from Crafter's Companion have arrived! I thought Christmas had come early! I have been having lots of fun colouring with these fantastic pens and I will be back tomorrow with a card made using them so please do pop back! Don't forget that it is launch day tomorrow on the Crafter's Companion website.  I think these pens will be so popular as they are just as good if not better than other alchol pens I have used and they are so much cheaper and refillable! 

Anyway onto my card today which I made for an order for my mum's friend.  I have used a gorgeous Butterfly Marianne die along with Papermania paper  and flowers from Wild Orchid.
And this is the box I made for the card to go into:

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

Crafters and Me Challenges - Add a flower

Birthday Sundaes Anything Goes Birthday Card
Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes

Lady Bugs Crafts - Summer Birthdays

Thanks for stopping by
Hugs Lynsey x

An Anniversary Card .........

Hi everyone, I have an anniversary card to share with you today which I made for an order.   I used my Tatty Ted paper pack which seems to be going forever which I am very pleased about! 

Well its pouring with rain again here in Norfolk, we have had lots of showers today.  I don't mind the rain on weekends to much as it means hubby does not have to work! 

I am entering this card into the following challenge:

Allsorts Challenge Free and Easy July

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Another Adorables Card .....

Hi everyone, I have another Adorables card to share with you tonight which was again meant to be one of my sneak peaks but I could not upload them whilst I was away on holiday as the internet connection was so bad.  I really love this little girl who is part of the Adorables range which is designed by Jane Nestorenko and are available from Crafter's Companion. 

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

Anything Goes Challenge - More than one fold
Craft Your Days Away Fancy Folds

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

An Adorables Card ...........

Hi everyone, I have an Adorables card to share with you tonight.  This was meant to be one of my sneak peaks for when this range launched but the internet connection I had while I was away on holiday was so bad I was not able to post this.

These fantastic Adorables stamps are by Jane Nestorenko and are available from Crafter's Companion.  I really love how the images all work so well together.  The papers are from the CD in the range.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Charisma Cardz - Flower Power
Tuesday Taggers - Flower Power

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Winter Wonderland Challenge .....

Hi everyone, time for another challenge at Winter Wonderland and our theme for you this week set by my DT buddy Marianne is 'Red and Green must not be seen' so I have used some lovely lilacs on my card. 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Moving Along with the Times
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Materials:
Image - LOTV
Papers - Papermania
Coloured with Promarkers
Iceboarder - Mariannes
Flower punch - Stampin up
Holly - Sizzix die

Exciting News and a Demo Day

Hi everyone, well I just wanted to share my exciting news with you and let you know that I am now a craft demonstrator for Crafter's Companion.  I spent a whole weekend of training back in May with Sara, Leann and Claire from Crafter's Companion and I had the most fantastic time.  There is a team of demonstrators for Crafter's Companion and it was such a pleasure getting to them all on the weekend.   I think this must be my dream job, being in a craft shop showing other crafter's all the fantastic products from Crafter's Companion!

These are a couple of pics from the weekend:

I wanted to also let you know that I will be doing a demo day this Saturday the 9th of July at Mindy's Craft Corner, which is at 66 Alexandra Road, Skegness, PE25 3RE so if any of my blogging buddies fancy a day out at the seaside please stop by and say hi, I would love to meet you!  

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Popcorn Pals Sneak Peak Number 3!

Hi everyone I have another sneak peak on the adorable Popcorn Pals today which will be released on the Crafter's Companion website this Friday for Crafter's Companion Members.  

The papers and decoupage on my card are from the CD's in this range there are also some gorgeous stamps in the range which you can see if my previous posts.  

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey

Popcorn Pals Sneak Peak Number 2!

Hi everyone I'm back today with another sneak peak of the gorgeous Popcorn Pals which will be released on Friday on the 8th of July on the Crafter's Companion website exclusively for Crafter's Companion Members.

All the papers are from the CD from the range, ribbon and card are also from Crafter's Companion. Theses stamps are great as they well on a 6 x 6 card but also on an 8 x 8 card like this one I have made.

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Popcorn Pals Sneak Peak!

Hi everyone, I have sneak peak for you today of a new range from Crafter's Companion which will be released on Friday the 8th of July on their website exclusively for Crafter's Companion Members.

There are a range of stamps which are priced at £5.99 but there will be a special multibuy offer of 4 for £20 and a double CD featuring some gorgeous new characters which will be available for a special introductory price of £24.99.   The image on this card, the sentiment and the papers are all from the new Popcorn Pals new range.   I will have some more sneak peaks for you this week so please stop by, I know you are going to love them!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Sketch Saturday - Sketch
Crafts and Me - Birthdays

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

First Birthday Card ...........

Hi everyone, well it certainly is a hot one in here in Norfolk today!  I hope you are all enjoying the sunshine.

I made this card for my mum to give to my niece who celebrated her first birthday with us whilst we were away on holiday.    This is a large 8 x 8 card and I was really pleased with how this one turned out. I used distress ink on the edges of the image and sprinkled a glittery embossing powder straight onto the distress ink and heated it. I really love the sparkly effect this gives.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Lili of the Valley - Celebrate
Sir Stampalot Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Materials:
Image - LOTV
Sentiment - Computer Printed
Papers - First Edition
Ribbon and flowers - Wild Orchid
MS Boarder Punch
Sizzix Leaf Die
Marianne Flower Die

I'm Back and a Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge Card ......

Hi everyone, well I'm back from my hols and now its time to catch up with my blog again. I had a great time in Cornwall and North Devon and it seems like I was away ages!

Anyway onto my card which is my DT card for this month's challenge at Crafters Companion and our theme for you this month is 'One for the Boy's'.  I do hope you will come along and join in our challenge and as always there is a great prize for the challenge winner.  My card features an adorable Popcorn die cut decoupage from Crafter's Companion.

I hope to catch up with all my blogging buddies soon! Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x