Dream, Wish, Believe ............

Hi all, I've a card today sharing some ribbon inspiration for Crafty Ribbons. I thought these beautiful Dream, Wish, Believe  ribbons would work well on a love themed card so I've teamed them up a Crafter's Companion embossing folder.  I add a bit of distress ink to some of the flowers and birds and I was quite pleased with how it turned out.  

I hope you have a wonderful day whatever your plans.  I'm off work again this week so I'm taking Grace to a Jewellery making workshop and roller skating later at our local leisure centre so she is looking very forward to that.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

Snowmen at Crafty Ribbons ...............

Hi everyone, I hope your week is going well.  I've got a few days off this week as it is half term to spend with Grace so we have some busy days ahead.  We are off to an animal farm tomorrow, a dinsosaur park on Friday and a Halloween Fairy Fair on Saturday.  I think I may need a rest by Sunday lol! 

Anyway onto my card, our challenge over at Crafty Ribbons this week is 'Snowmen'  so I nice easy challenge if you are as keen on snowmen as I am!  I decided to give one of my cd's an airing and use this sweet image from the Christmas Moonbeam Meadow by Crafter's Companion. I've added some LOTV papers, memory box snowflakes and some gorgeous Snowmen Combo Festive Ribbon from Crafty Ribbons.

I hope you will come along and join in with the Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

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

Hi everyone and happy Friday to you.  I have my Winter Wonderland DT to share with you today.  Our challenge for you this week is 'Christmas Carols/Songs' and we want you to give the title of a Xmas song that is the theme for your card.  Mine is 'Santa Claus is coming to town'.  This challenge lasts to the end of August so we have four chances to win so I hope you will come and join in!

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

Materials:

Image and Sentiment - Crafter's Companion

Paper - My Minds Eye

Holly Die - Joanna Sheen

An Oriental Themed Card ............

Hi everyone, I hope you all enjoyed the bank holiday weekend.  I went with Grace to a fairy fair yesterday and we had such a lovely day and none of us wanted to come home! Watch out for some scrapbook pages coming soon from those photos, I can't wait to scrapbook them!

Anyway onto today's card this is just a quick card I made back in April when I have a ton of birthdays.   

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

Materials: 

Image and Sentiment - Kimono CD by Crafter's Companion

Lace - Crafty Ribbons

Flower - Wild Orchid

Fan Die - Crafter's Companion

Oriental Card ...............

Hi everyone, I hope your week has got off to a good start.  I have an oriental themed card to share with you today that I made for my Auntie's Birthday this week.  That's nearly all my April Birthday's finished apart from one tomorrow.  I have 10 Birthday's in April so it's always a busy card making month for me especially with Easter and Grace's Birthday. I've just realised I have not share Grace's card with you, I must do that this week! 

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

Materials:

Stamp - Crafter's Companion

Papers - Kimono Cd Rom

Lace - Crafty Ribbons

Sentiment - Made on PC

Leaf Die - Leabilities

Flowers - Wild Orchid

Butterfly Die - Crafter's Companion

Ribbon Inspiration ..............

Hi everyone, I have some ribbon inspiration with you today.  I love adding bows to my cards but rather than tie my ribbon into a bow I sew a couple of little stitches into the centre which makes my ribbon sit much flatter onto my card and then I hide the stitching by putting a flower in the centre.   

The beautiful ribbon I have used on my card is Swiss Dot - Beauty and White by Crafty Ribbons

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey 

Materials:

Image - Bebunni Birthday CD

Papers - Craftwork Cards

Sentiment - LOTV

Ribbon from Crafty Ribbons

Flowers - Wild Orchid

A Gift Bag ..............

Hi everyone, I hope you are all having a good weekend.  I have had a nice day, a bit of crafting this morning and me and Grace have been to a friend's this afternoon.  Hubby cooked a curry for tea and now time for a bit of blogging.  

I have a gift bag to share with you tonight which I made to put a friend's Birthday present in last week.  It was such a dull day last Saturday when I made it I had to put it on the window sill to get some light for the photo! 

I made the bag using papers and toppers from the Bebunni Floral CD.  I added a little bit of stitching to the papers which is my new favourite thing at the moment and a few die cut flowers and it was done!  

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

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Not Just Cards - Challenge 10

ABC Challenge - A is for Anything Goes

Crafting When We Can - Anything But a Card

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

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

Hi everyone and happy Monday to you! It's my first day back at work today after having 2 weeks off so I have scheduled this post. This is a recent Birthday card that I made using the Bebunni floral CD.    I decided to get my sewing machine out to use on my card as I have not used it on my cards for a while but I really love the look of stitching on cards so I must do it more often!  

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

Pirates and Pancakes!

Hi everyone and firstly I must wish you all a very happy pancake day!  Will you be having pancakes for tea? I will but only after me, Will and Grace have had a go a flipping them!  I'm not very good at the flipping, but I have fun trying!  So what would you have on your pancakes? Tonight I will be having sugar, lemon, maple syrup and white chocolate chips, very naughty but nice for a treat!

So onto today's card this is a little make to show you some of the gorgeous new pirate ribbons from Crafty Ribbons.   The ribbons I have used on my card are Aye Aye -Red and Skull - Blue.  

Sorry I have not had chance to visit your blogs for a few days. I've had a busy weekend and now trying to catch up with some DT work.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

Other Materials:

Image and Papers - Angelica and Adam by Crafter's Companion

Darice Star Embossing Folder

Crafty Little Fairies ....................

Hi everyone, well another week is whizzing by and I have my DT card for Crafty Little Fairies to share with you today and our theme for you this week is 'Christmas in October'.    I have used  one of the Christmas Makey Bakey Mice stamp on my card.  

I'm getting quite a nice pile of Christmas cards made now but I will still have to buy some!  Anyway I hope you will join in with the challenge this week and add another Christmas card to your pile or if not make a start if you have not made any yet.

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Crafty Little Fairies Challenge .............

Hi everyone,  there is a new challenge this week over at Crafty Little Fairies and our theme for you is 'Bows and Brads'.   This was a good challenge for me as I don't use brads enough! I've used a cute image from Crafters Companion for my DT card using a Makey Bakey Mouse Stamp and some lovely first edition papers which I have had my eye on for ages and they just fell in my shopping basket last week when I popped in the Range!

We have a wonderful prize for the winner this week

so I hope you will come and join in the challenge week.

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

A Fairy Card .................

Hi everyone, I did a Crafter's Companion demonstration on Saturday at  Craft Mania in Lowestoft.   It was a very busy day and I met lots of lovely crafters so I thought I would share one of my samples that I took along.    This fairy is called Jessica and she is from the Angelica and Friends range.

This is a close up of the fairy.  She has been coloured with Spectrum Noir pens.

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x
 

Nesting Boxes ............

Hi everyone, I have something different to share with you today a nest of boxes already for my demo day at Huntingdon Garden and Leisure which is from 10a-4pm.  I've scheduled this post so hopefully me and my boxes should be well on our way by the time you read this!

These boxes are actually quite large as each one is 5 inches deep.  I made them with my Crafter's Companion Ulti Boxes Board. I'm really pleased with how they turned out. As the largest box is quite big you could fit a lovely sized gift in them. Would be lovely for a crafter filled with nice crafty bits!

The flower on the middle box is made using the Crafter's Companion Large Sunflower Quilling Die I think this may be a new favourite as I've only had this one a short while but I really love it!

I would like to enter these into the following challenges:

Hotshot Crafts Anything But a Card
Incy Wincy Anything But a Card

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend.
Hugs Lynsey x

Another Angelica and Friends Card .............

Hi everyone, a late post from me today as I've been to my Zumba class tonight.  Wednesday night's are always hard work so I'm nearly ready for bed now! Anyway I have another Angelica and Friends card to share with you tonight.  This one is from the cd using one of the card companions which I really love as they make it so quick and easy to make a card.   These will be so useful for all the parties that Grace gets invited to.  She certainly has a better social life than me!

Some other exciting news to share with you tonight is that Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog
are having a DT call.   I love being on the Winter Wonderland team as everyone is so friendly and at Christmas I have a lovely pile of Christmas cards already and no stress.  I also never get fed up of making Christmas cards as I just make one a fortnight throughout the year.

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

The Shabby Tea Room - Happy Birthday in Pink and Blue
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Well that's all my news for tonight.
Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

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

Hi everyone, Friday again already where are the weeks going!  Anyway time for another challenge at Winter Wonderland and our theme this week is 'Baby's First Christmas'. I hope you've started joining in with the Christmas challenges, if you have you will should have a nice little pile of Christmas cards starting and no more mad rush for getting those cards made! 

 I've used a super cute Humphrey image from Crafter's Companion  for my card. 

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

Papertake Weekly - Sketch 72
Tuesday Taggers - Lots of Layers
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Crafter's Companion Mid Way Challenge Reminder ...

Hi everyone,  my card today is my DT card for Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge mid way inspiration.  This is one of the super cute card companions from the Winter Paint Box Poppets Cd from Crafter's Companion.

The theme for the challenge this month is 'Gold'.   I don't normally use much gold on my cards so I had to have a rummage round to find some.  I'm sure I've only had this piece at least 5 years!  It did feel good to use it lol!

I do hope you will come and join in the challenge this month, there is a fanstic prize for the winner!
Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge ....

Hi everyone now please can someone tell me where April went! I seemed to have blinked and missed it! I'm still only half way through my Christmas scrapbook and it will be Christmas again before I know it at this rate!

Anyway as it is the first of the month it's time for another challenge at Crafter's Companion Challenge and our theme for you this month is 'Here comes summer'.  I think this is a great theme for this month as the weather has been so bad we need to see some nice summery cards!

I have used a fab Card Companion from the new A Year With Humphrey CD on my card.  I so love this image as it really makes me think of summer days!

I hope you will join in with the challenge.  As always there is a fantastic prize for the winner.

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge ....

Hi everyone I can't believe it's the first of April where is this year going to!  I've had a lovely time at the Thetford craft show today and made a few crafty purchases.  

Anyway onto my DT card for Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge and our theme for you this month is 'Four Legged Friends'.   I've used some adorable Beatrix Potter decoupage from Crafter's Companion on my card.    I've made this card for my Nan, it's not her Birthday until May but I thought I would try and get a bit ahead!

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Materials:
Papers, - Beatrix Potter - Crafter's Companion
Ribbon and Gem - Beatrix Potter - Crafter's Companion
Darice Embossing Folder - Crafter's Companion
Tim Holtz Alphabet Die
Button from stash

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 'It takes two' so this week we want to see two people, snowmen etc on your card.

I have used a super sweet image from Crafter's Companion and is from the SWALK Winter Cheer range and is called Snowman.   As always there is a fantastic prize for the winner.

I would like to enter my card into this week's sketch challenge at Papertake Weekly Challenge .

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Materials:
Image - SWALK - Winter Cheer Crafer's Companion
Papers - Limited Addition
Sentiment - Pollycraft
Coloured with Spectumn Noir Pens

Crafter's Companion Blog Hop!

Hi everyone, it's another exciting week in the world of  Crafter's Companion  as there is another new fantastic release of the new  Beatrix Potter CDs and stamps.  To celebrate the new release Crafter's Companion are having a fanastic Blog Hop.

If you have landed here from Wendy  then you are hopping in the right direction. If not then you need to pop over to the Crafter’s Companion News blog to begin.

The DT have had a great time creating with the new range from Crafter’s Companion and to celebrate the launch of these stunning new collections on Tuesday 20th March as Pick of the Day on Ideal World, there will be lots of Sneak Peaks and the the chance of winning this fabulous Prize:

All three new CDs and all three new stamps (worth £74.94)!

All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning this great prize is visit each blog in order and then go back to the Crafter’s Companion News Views and Inspiration Blog to leave your link. Along the way you will notice that each Blog will give you a letter - make a note of these as they will make a phrase which we will ask you for if your number is drawn by Random.Org on the morning of Tuesday 20th March.

My letter is: I

From here, you need to hop to Katina’s blog.

PLEASE DO NOT TELL US WHAT THE WORD IS ON THE CRAFTER’S COMPANION NEWS VIEWS AND INSPIRATION BLOG, WE WILL E-MAIL YOU FOR THE ANSWER IF YOUR ENTRY NUMBER IS DRAWN.

Thanks for stopping by.
Happy hopping.
Lynsey x