Cath Kidston Card ...........

Hi everyone, well I had a few lovely days at Craftaganza and made some lovely craft projects and learnt some new techniques, I will show you some pictures of my projects soon.  However my lovely days away were soon forgotten when I got home as by the time I got back Saturday night my little Grace had started being sick and by Monday evening I was spending the night in hospital with her on a drip as she had acute gastroentertis.  I am so glad we only had to spend one night in hospital and Grace improved enough to come home the next day.  I only got about an hour's sleep when were in hospital so I was in bed at 6.30pm last night!  My little Grace is on the mend now but its going to take a while till she is properly better.

So this is a card that I made a few weeks for my husband's auntie.   I am a bit of Cath Kidston fan so when I went Christmas shopping a few weeks ago in York I brought some wrapping paper from the Cath Kidston shop and I thought it work well as backing paper for cards which is how I have used it here. 

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

Fab n Funky Challenges - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by, I hope to catch up with you all soon.
Hugs Lynsey x

Materials:
Paper - Cath Kidston Wrapping Paper
Flower - Tim Holtz Tattered Rose Die
Sentiment Strip - Pink Petticoat
Lace from stash

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

Hi everyone, I hope you are all well.  If this post is here on Friday then my scheduling will have worked as I am away for a few days at Craftaganza and I am sure I will be having a fab time. I have never been on a craft retreat before so I am so excited about attending.

Anyway this week's challenge at Winter Wonderland is 'The Nativity'.  There is a fantastic prize as always so I hope you can join in the challenge with us. 

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Materials
Image - LOTV
Papers - Papermania
Sentiment - Papermania
Snowflakes - Spellbinders
Coloured with Promarkers and Speccies

Pollycraft Monday Challenge ..........

Hi everyone this week's challenge at Pollycraft is 'Christmas Fun' and is a special four week challenge with lots of amazing prizes on offer.   The wonderful image on my card is a new release today from the Swings and Slides range which you can find over at the Pollycraft Shop.   This one is called 'Happy Mail' and is just lovely to colour.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Moving Along with the Times - Let it Snow
Fab n Funky Challenges - Baby its cold outside

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Materials:
Image - Pollycraft
Papers - Trimcraft First Edition
Sentiment - Wild Rose
Coloured with Speccies and Promarkers

A Tag ..........

Hi everyone, well I've had a very busy day, I took Grace to another Birthday party this morning then onto her ballet lesson so we've not been home long.  I'm just waiting for Will to get home and then we are off to my sister's for the night so that will be nice. 

Anyway this tag was for the present that Grace took to her party today.  The great pirate image on this tag is from Pollycraft Designs and is from the Swings and Slides range.  

I am entering this tag into a challenge from Shimelle's Pretty Paper Party and the challenge at Squiggle Saturday where the challenge is anything but a card.

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Materials:
Image - Pollycraft Designs
Paper - Crafter's Companion
Sentiment - Forever Friends
Coloured with speccies and promarkers

Another Christmas Card .....

Hi everyone, I have been busy making some Christmas cards for my mum this week and this is one I have made for her to give to my Dad.  I always struggle with mens cards but I thought this image from the Maurice range at Pollycraft Designs would be just perfect!

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

A Christmas Card ..........

Hi everyone I have another Christmas card to share with you today.  This card features the fantastic Dexter the Penguin from Pollycraft Designs.  I think he is just great!

I am entering this card into a challenge at Shimelle's blog to make a card with a circle in the centre.

Hope you are all having a good day.
Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Pollycraft Monday Challenge ............

Hi everyone, I had a little break from my DT position with Pollycraft but I'm fully back now with the team and so here is my challenge card for this week's challenge over at the Pollycraft.  Our theme for you is 'Friends' and as I still have loads of Christmas cards to make I thought I would use the theme on a Christmas card.  

I have used this super sweet image from the 'Chester Christmas' range and this one is called 'Chester's Letter's from  Pollycraft.  The letter comes blank so you can just add your message which I think is a great idea!  

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

Papertake Weekly - Christmas card
2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

A Christmas Tag ........

Hi everyone, over at Shimelle's blog she is having a weekend of Christmas crafting.   There are some challenges and tutorials so do check her blog out is well worth a visit!   

I made this tag using up some scraps which is for a challenge to 'Create a holiday gift tag design that’s easy to replicate!' You can see the challenge here along with a great tutorial on making gift tags.

 As this was a quick and easy tag to make they would be quick to make up in batches using all my left over scraps. 

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

A Scrapbook Layout .......

Hi everyone, I have another scrapbook page to share with you today.  My layout today features my gorgeous little niece Anya on her first Birthday.   We were away with Anya on her Birthday so it was lovely to be able to celebrate her special day with her.  She looked so sweet in the play doctor's glasses I just had to include them in my layout!

This layout is for two challenges the first is for the Pretty Paper Party at Shimelle's Blog which is an online scrapbooking class I am taking part in.  The second is for this week's sketch at Sketchy Thursdays. 

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

A Christmas Mouse!

Hi everyone,  I have set the challenge this week at Winter Wonderland as a Christmas Mouse.  So this week we want to see all your mouse themed Christmas card.  I love the Penny Black image on my Christmas card which I have had for a few years now. 

I would like to enter this card into this week's sketch challenge at:  Sketch and Stash.

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Materials:
Image - Penny Black
Papers - Papermania
Fiskars Boarder Punch
Fern Die - Marianne's
Ribbon Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

A Birthday Card ...........

Hi everyone, I have a Birthday card to share with you today.  This is for Grace to take a party on Saturday.  Grace has 3 parties coming up in the next few weeks, seems my 3 year old has a better social life than me these days!

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

Sketch Saturday - Great Sketch
Lili of the Valley - Creature Comforts
Crafts and Me - Happy Birthday
My Mums Craft Shop - Sugar and Spice
Dutch Dare Challenge - Punches and Dies

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey

Materials:
Image and Sentiment - LOTV
Papers - First Edition Trimcraft
Fiskars Boarder Punch
Flower Die
Coloured with Promarkers and Speccies

Trick or Treat?

Hi everyone, I have a layout to share with you today which I made for some of the challenges of Shimelle'sPretty Paper Class online class which I'm taking part in at the moment.  I am really enjoying this class and learning so much.  The challenges for this layout were to add dimension which I have done with my rosette flower and to use smaller photos.  As I had no Halloween themed papers I just found some in my stash which were the right colour and I am quite pleased with how it turned out. 

The journalling on my page is about Grace enjoying the trick or treaters calling round to the house.  I've so pleased I've made another page and recorded another story for Grace to look back on when she grows up.

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

A Birthday Card ..........

Hi everyone, well this is a scheduled post as all being well when this publishes I will be busy doing my Christmas shopping in York.    It was my Father In Law's birthday this week and as he is very into fishing so I thought this image from Pollycraft called Maurice Caught One would be just perfect. 

I hope you all have a fanastic weekend.  
Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

A Christmas Card ...........

Hi everyone I have another Christmas card to share with you today using an adorable image from Pollycraft from the Swings and Slides range.   I really must keep on with the Christmas cards it won't be long now!  I'm off Christmas shopping to York tomorrow so I'm hoping to get most of my shopping all done. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday - Great Sketch
Stamps R us - Masculine Theme
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts - Glitter It
Christmas Stampin - Jingle All the Way
Little Claire - Christmas
Squiggle Satuday - Go Dotty
One Stop Craft Challenge - No Sentiments

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge .....

Hi everyone, I'm a bit late sharing this card, I had an awful day at work yesterday and came home with an awful headache and more work to do in the evening so I didn't get round to posting my card.  Thankfully today was a better day at work so here I am with my card!

This month's challenge at Crafter's Companion Let it Snow, Let it Snow!  So we would love to see all your snowy creations.   My DT card features a stamp from the Winter Cheer SWALK range from Crafter's Companion. I really adore this range of stamps they are so cute and perfect to send to any age.   The papers I have used on my card are from the SWALK Winter Cheer CD.  The image is coloured with my fabby spectrum noir pens.

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

Sketch and Stash - Great Sketch
Bah Humbug - Die Cuts

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x