Hoppy Birthday!

I made this for my elder son's 22nd birthday. I love this stamp but it's the first time that I've used it - thought it would be ideal for Danny's birthday as it's not too cutesy for a male card but still fun and I thought he'd like the 'Hoppy Birthday' sentiment that I made. The papers are all from the Jovial Man collection on the Colour Me Happy CD by Funky Hand, and the image is a Penny Black stamp called Toadily Yours.

Front View

Closer View

Inside

I'm not really happy with the colours on these photos but I had to take them indoors due to the weather, in real life the colours are much brighter. The base card is white A5 size and I printed the blue DP on the front then printed a sheet of paper the same colour to make the insert. The toads have been coloured to match with Promarkers then their heads and torsos (do toads have torsos?) raised up on foam pads for added dimension. The stars and letters have also been attatched with foam pads.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:-

Penny Black Saturday Challenge ... Week 155 - ONE FOR THE GUYS
Penny Black at Allsorts June Challenge - Your My Favourite

Thanks for looking and any comments left.

Lynn x

Recipe challenge at Get Funky

This is my card for the latest challenge at Get Funky which is to follow a recipe -

Kathy's Funky Fifteenth: Master Chef Recipe!

5 Flowers

Use 3 different papers

2 Buttons

1 Ribbon (cut up or in one strip whatever you prefer)

and a sprinkling of Gems or pearls



I made this card when the challenge was first put up, but haven't been able to post sooner due to Blogger problems, chest infection, holiday, more Blogger problems and then last night when I tried to log on our internet connection was down due to maintenance work by BT. Still it's here now - I do like to enter this challenge because many of my cards are made with Funky Hand papers as I love the way that the different designs are available in many colour combinations.

The three papers are from the 'Son Day' collection on the Funky Daze CD by Funky Hand - I really love this colour combination and find myself using these papers a lot. The image is from Pink Petticoat and the embossing done with a Cuttlebug folder. I've added the buttons and flowers to fit the recipe and some Glamour Dust for 'a sprinkling of gems'.

Thanks for looking.

Hugs, Lynn x

Spots and Stripes for Get Funky

It's a long time since I updated this Blog, over six months in fact, but things happen which take over your life and make blogging seem unimportant. For me this was when my mum died quite suddenly at the beginning of November. She had been suffering from Alzheimers for a few years and was living in a nursing home. Physically she seemed strong but after a fall went downhill rapidly, although it was still a shock when we got the phone call.

I didn't make any cards for a while, but then when I did make some I couldn't be bothered putting them on here or entering any challenges. The longer it went on it became harder to get back into the habit although I did try to keep an eye on the blogs that I follow.

This week I needed to make a card for a new baby boy so chose some papers from Funky Hand, so that I could enter the latest challenge at Get Funky. But although I'm really pleased with the finished card it didn't fit the criteria, it's got spots but no stripes. So I printed a stripey paper from the same collection - 'Son Day' from the Funky Daze CD and made another Baby Boy card. This one is 6" square and includes a Pink Petticoat image and ribbon from my stash.

Thanks for looking.

Lynn x

Get Funky - Take 5

Long time, no blogging! It's been over a month since I last updated my blog as the PC was out of action due to a virus - probably my fault for going on a dodgy site - but my Tech Support Expert (No 1 son) finally managed to get it sorted out, then family life just got in the way so I've not been entering Challenges and only made cards when absolutely necessary. I do admire the folks who juggle job, family and friends and still manage to create and blog on a daily basis - but I'm going to try harder from now on.
The push I needed to get creating was realizing that I only had a few days to make my entry for the Get Funky Challenge, which I like to enter, but the theme of 'Take Five' requires at least five different papers and my limit is usually three so to use five was well out of my comfort zone.





I have risen to the challenge and managed to use not five but .... eight, they are all from the Glad Rags collection on 'Colour Me Happy'. I chose this collection then printed eight of the papers to make my selection from and used 'Martha and Presents' from the Digi Stamp Boutique for the focal point. Rather than colour the image I decided to paper piece it in order to use the different papers and only the face and hands are coloured with Promarkers. I've also added bunting which enabled me to do more paper piecing so all eight papers did get used. A few gems and a length of ribbon were the finishing touches.

RECIPE
DP's - Glad Rags collection from Funky Hand 'Colour Me Happy'
Martha and Presents - Digi Stamp Boutique
Bunting - Clear stamp set by Kars
Sentiment - from Marshmallow does DIY by Daisy & Dandelion
Gems & Ribbon - Own stash

ENTERED
Get Funky October Challenge - Take 5
Digi Stamp Boutique - October Competition

Thanks for looking and any comments left.

Lynn x

Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week 119

This is a a card I made for the latest challenge over at PBSC, and this week there is a sketch to follow. I wasn't very happy with the colouring on the first image that I was going to use so a last minute substitution was made. This one was first stamped onto the background, then I stamped a second image onto white card, cut it out and stuck it on top. It didn't need much colouring to finish it off, just the bird, bee and a bit of grey on the sheep for shading. The patterned papers were designed by Kirsty Wiseman and the pink is some Funky Hand paper that I had left over from another project. I haven't put a sentiment on yet as I'm not sure who it's for, though I do need some thank you cards for children so that's looking likely.

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ITEMS USED

Stamp - from 'Fresh New Day' set by Penny Black
Patterned Papers - Kirsty Wiseman 'Delicate Garden'
Pink Paper - Funky Hand from 'Seaweed Smiler' collection
Blue Card - From Stash
Punched Flowers

Thanks for looking,
Lynn x

Gift Box with 3D Flower

After winning the August challenge at Get Funky with this Gift Bag I was inspired to make something for the September Challenge of a 'Fabulous Funky Floral Fantasy' which must include 3D flowers. Although I make many things my current obsession is papercrafting, mainly cardmaking with a bit of scrapbooking thrown in, but for this challenge I decided to make a box.
I used a collection from 'Colour Me Happy' which appealed to me because it included my favourite colour green. The small flowery paper and the plainish green for the box and lid were printed on 300g white card and for the flower I used 120g paper, printed in pale pink on the front and pale green on the reverse.
I made my own template for the box but took inspiration from one I saw a couple of years ago for the flap-closure. It's the same on the bottom but has been glued together. An hexagonal piece of card with a ribbon loop goes inside before closing the flaps to keep the box rigid.
I could have stuck the flower directly on top of the box but thought that it would get spoiled when opening, so I made a lid to go on top. My first effort was a bit snug - well too small really - so this is version two ( I 'll now have to make another box to go with the first lid - can't throw it away).
For the flower I made a template, then one slightly smaller and a third even smaller and cut two of each to give six layers. These were sprayed with water, scrunched up, dried with heat gun then scrunched again, then I added pink chalk to the edges and made a frilly bit for the middle before spraying with 'Spray and Sparkle'. After attaching it to the box lid I stuck three small green gems in the center to finish it off.

FINISHED BOX

BOX SHOWING FLAP CLOSURE

THREE PIECES

CLOSE UP OF FLOWER

Items Used

Papers - 'Colour Me Happy' Seaweed Smiler collection
from Funky Hand
Spray & Sparkle - Crafters Companion
Ribbon/Gems - own stash

I'm entering this in the following:-

Get Funky September Challenge - 'Fabulous Funky Floral Fantasy'
A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 122 -'Anything Goes'
Secret Crafter Challenge # 101 - 'Anything Goes'

Thanks for looking,
Lynn x

Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week 118

I made this card with a MEN/BOYS theme for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge but have had so many problems with the internet, then my sewing machine, then Mr Blogger that it is probably too late now but I may as well post it anyway. One card is in the bin because my sewing machine kept jamming so I wasn't going to bother but then I decided to try again and it co-operated (sort of) so this card is the result. Image Penny Black of course, coloured with ProMarkers and the papers are Funky Hand from the Funky Seasons CD.




Edited: It's been pointed out to me that this card also fits this months challenge at Penny Black at Allsorts which is PUNCH AWAY. I am a follower of this blog and had seen what the challenge was for September but then promptly forgot. I'm not very good at combining challenges and tend to stick to one at a time unless I realise that they are asking for similar things. I did actually use a punch for the squares, it's a 3.5cm one by Woodware. Thanks Jules.


Lynn (very frazzled)