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

Winter Wonderland Christmas Presents .....

Hi everyone, I have been a really bad blogger this week as I was away at the weekend and have been playing catch up since then. So I'm sorry I have not been leaving you comments I hope to catch up with you all soon.

Our theme for you this week at Winter Wonderland this week is 'Christmas Presents'. My card was made very quickly and easily using a Forever Friends sticker that I had in my stash. I hope you can all come along and join in our challenge this week.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
hugs Lynsey x

A Man's Card ........

Hi everyone, I hope you are all enjoying the Easter break. I've got a sinus infection so my blog has been a bit quiet this week. I am starting to feel a bit better but I still just can't get rid of this headache!

Anyway just a quick post to share this card I made a few days ago using the Forever Friends Retro mens kit. I really love this kit as it is packed with papers, decoupage and toppers and is great for quick cards.

I hope to catch up with all my blogging buddies over the weekend and see what crafty creations you have made this week.
Hugs Lynsey x

Ahoy There!

Hi everyone, I had a lovely day crafting with my friend Marianne yesterday, that was such a treat as I don't get much time to craft in the day with my little three year old running round! This was one of the cards I made using a Forever Friends Mens Kit and it was so quick to make! I always enjoy making decoupage cards and this one is so cute!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Truly Dimensional

My Time to Craft - Spots

A Spoon Full of Sugar All Creatures Great and Small

Fab n Funky Challenges - Spotty and Dotty

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

Winter Wonderland Challenge - Snowflakes

Hi everyone this is a very quick post from me this morning as I am going to London for the weekend on my sister's hen do, so I will catch up with you all again on Sunday.

The challenge at Winter Wonderland this week is 'Snowflakes'. So we want to see all your Christmas cards featuring snowflakes this year. It really does feel good to be getting my Christmas cards made early!

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

Materials:

Image - Forever Friends Sticker

Sentiment - Pollycraft

Papers - Kars

Snowflake - Mariannes

Flower - Wild Orchid

MS Boarder Punch

Winter Wonderland Cute Creatures ............

Hi everyone, nearly the weekend again already! Today I have my DT card for the Winter Wonderland Challenge to show you and the theme this week is 'Cute Creatures'. This is such an easy challenge, it would be lovely if you could come along and join in, we love to see all your fantastic Christmas creations. There is also a wonderful prize of 4 digi images from the 'Cutting Cafe' so what are you waiting for!

I am entering this card into this weeks challenge at Sketch Saturday who have another wonderful sketch to follow.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

Materials:

Image and Papers - Forever Friends CD

Sentiment - Pollycraft Designs

Snowflakes from stash

Triple Challenge Card .........

Hi everyone well I was very pleased that I did not have to leave the house today with all the snow. I hope it is not too bad where you are.
Anyway onto my cards my sister got engaged on New Years Eve which was very exciting so I have made one of these cards for her.

My cards are for the following challenges:
Create4funwho have a lovely sketch by Bev.
Cute Daisy May who have a theme of 'Love'
Cute Card Thursday whose theme is 'All New' and I using my new Nellie Frames and FF Valentines Decoupage on these cards.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey x

5 In one Challenge Card ..........

Hi everyone, well this post comes from a very snowy Norfolk. It looks nice but I really want to go out tomorrow so I am hoping when I get up in the morning all the snow will be gone, but I don't think that is going to happen!

I made this card a couple of weeks ago for my hubby but I have not got round to posting it. I think my card making mojo has up and gone away for the holidays too! Well I am nearly ready for Christmas, just a bit more wrapping left to do. I hope you are ready and not too stressed.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Forever Friends Challenge - theme of 'anything goes'
Creative Card Crew - theme of 'anything goes'
C.R.A.F.T Challenge theme of 'Free for all'
Polka Doodle Free theme
One Stop Craft Challenge theme of 'Christmas Love'

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs Lynsey

Materials:

Image Forever Friends

Papers - DCWV

Holly Punch

Coloured with Promarkers

Sketch Saturday ........

Hi everyone, my last post for this week as I am going away for a long weekend tomorrow. We are off to Bath for the weekend and going to visit Longleat Safari Park. I am so looking forward to taking my little girl Grace their as she gets excited when she sees a dog so I am not sure what she will make of the all the animals at Longleat!

Anyway onto my card, this card is for Sketch Saturday who have another wonderful sketch to follow this week. I decided to another decoupage card this time with a Forever Friends image, I love these cuties!

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Lynsey x

Materials:

Image - Forever Friends

Papers - Forever Friends

Daisy and Holly Punch

Forever Friends Card

Hi everyone, I hope this scheduling is working! Whilst I am away I thought I would share this card I have made for a local card making competition. The theme of the competition was to make a decoupage card so I decided to use this cute Forever Friends image.

Hope you are all well.

I will catch up with you all soon when get back from my hols!

Hugs Lynsey:)

Materials:

Image - Forever Friends

Papers - Forever Friends

Gems - Forever Friends Kit

Sentiment - Forever Friends Kit

Various Retro Flower Punches

Nesties

Sizzix Swirl Die

Double Challenge Card

A card at last! I've had a busy week and Grace has been poorly with a sickness bug but she is much better now. These cards are for an order for twins for their 18th Birthday. They also fit nicely with a couple of challenges the first is for Allsorts Challenge whoose theme this week is 'Curly Swirly'. The second challenge these cards are for is Cute Card Thursday whoose theme this week is 'Nip and a Punch. They want you to use your die cuts and punches on your card. I used my swirl die on my card and the flowers on the box were made using hearts from my heart punch.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a great weekend.

Hugs Lynsey:)

Materials:

Image - Forever Friends

Papers - Pink Petticoat

Flowers from stash

Swirl Die - Sizzix

Coloured with Promarkers

Forever Friends Challenge .......

This week's challenge on the Forever Friends Challenge Blog is 'Buttons and Bows' so this fitted perfectly for another baby card that I have made for an order.

And this is the box for the card to go in.

Thank goodness its Wednesday and I am finished work for the week, I am exhausted!

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Lynsey:)

Materials:

Image - Forever Friends

Papers - Cuddly Buddly

Buttons & Bows from Stash

Crafts 4 Eternity - Sketch Challenge ........

Hi everyone, this card is for a new challenge blog which I have come across called Crafts 4 Eternity. They have a fantastic sketch to work with this week which was perfect for a bigger card. This card is for my sister in law whoose birthday it is tomorrow so I hope she likes it.

I thought I should really start decorating the insides of my cards so this is the matching inside.

Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment if you have time.

Hugs Lynsey:)

Materials

Image - Forever Friends

Papers - Designer Digitals

Cuttlebug Embossing Boarder

Retro Flower Punch

Pearls from Ebay

Coloured with Promarkers

Truly Scrumptious Challenge ........

Happy Monday everyone! I have made this card for the second Challenge at Truly Scrumptious who have a fantastic sketch to follow however I have just realised that I was meant to add some handmade buttons as well and as you can see I forgot about that part! I hope this will still count for the challenge as they have a wonderful prize this week of some free downloads from Christine Dark who has a fanastic digi stamp online shop.

Enjoy your week and thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment if you have time they are very much appreciated!

Hugs Lynsey:)

Materials:

Image - Forever Friends

Paper - Papermania

Retro Flower Punch

Papermania Gems

Roses from stash

Pine Leaf Punch

Coloured with Promarkers

Triple Challenge Card

Wow 2 postings in one day, that does not happen very often, but I just had to find time to fit in this card as it was an excuse to use my favourite colour pink! Not that I need many excuses I think I should rename my blog Lynsey's Pink Place as so many of my cards end up being pink!
This card is for 3 challenges, the first is for the Forever Friends and their challenge is to use your favourite colour and the second challenge this card is for is the new challenge blog Charisma Cardz and they also have the same theme so I went to town on the pink! The third challenge this card is for is Sketch Saturday who provided a great sketch this week.
Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment if you have time.
Hugs Lynsey:)

Materials:

Image Stamp - Forever Friends
Sentiment - Penny Black
Paper - Papermania
Flowers from stash
Pine Leaf Punch
Coloured with Promarkers and Chalks

Sketch Saturday and Forever Friends Challenges .................

This week over at Sketch Saturday the challenge is to choose any previous sketch, so I have chosen Sketch 28. This is a new stamp that I got for Christmas from my sister and the papers are also Forever Friends from my sis, she always buys me great presents!

I also decided to decorate to my envelope to match my card. As I coloured the image in promarkers I put a piece of card inside the envelope to stop the markers bleeding through to the other side of the envelope. I am quite pleased with how this card and envelope turned out.

I am also entering this card into the Forever Friends Challenge who have an open theme this week.

I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas. We had a lovely time with it being Grace's first Christmas, I think I must have took a million pictures! I just have to start working on the scrapbook pages now!

Thanks for stopping by, please leave me a comment if you have time.

Hugs Lynsey:)

Materials:
Image - Forever Friends
Papers - Forever Friends
Flowers and ribbon from stash.

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge ..........

This week's challenge over at Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge is a sketch by the very talented Sue. This is a lovely sketch, quite simple but with a big image it works well and I will be using this one again.

This is my newest Forever Friends bear I just love them! I have coloured him with Promarkers and I am quite pleased with the results. The shiny bit on the cake is a little bit of glitter paint to just finish it off.

Please leave me a comment if you have time I really appreciate them all.

Lynsey :)

Materials:

Image Stamp - Forever Friends

Scroll & Sentiment Stamp - Studio G

Paper - Forever Friends Birthday Pack

Small Daisy Punch

Gems and Ribbon From Stash

ABC Challenge - I is for Individual

This card is for this week's challenge over at ABC Challenge Blog. The theme is I for Individual and you have to post a piece of your best work and the winner will become part of the Design Team. So this is my card made with another of my new FF stamps. I was quite pleased with how this one turned out.

Its a lovely sunny day in Norfolk today so I'm looking forward to getting out for a walk later. I hope the weather is good where you are too.

Thanks for stopping by, I would love to know what you think about this card so please leave a comment if you have time.

Hugs Lynsey x

Materials

Bear Stamp - Forever Friends

Swirl Stamp - HOTP

Paper - Papermania

Ribbon, flowers, fibres and gems from stash

Friday Sketchers ......

Well I thought I would use some of my new stash to make this card on Monday night and I was quite pleased with the results. I just love these forever friends stamps. I meant to post this card yesterday but my little Grace woke up with a tummy bug so between us we had quite a few changes of clothes yesterday! I did take Grace to the doctors and after she had been sick on both of us in the waiting room the doctor advised that it was nothing to worry about just a tummy bug. Thankfully she is much better this morning and is now having a nice little sleep.

Anyway back to this card, I made it following this weeks sketch over at Friday Sketchers.

Thanks for stopping by, please leave me a comment if you have time.
Lynsey x

Materials
Bear Stamp - Forever Friends
Swirl Stamp - HOTP
Papers - Papermania
Flowers and fibres from stash