My baby boy is 16!

My younger son, Alex, was 16 yesterday (where did the last 16 years go) and has been playing a lot of golf recently, so instead of the usual cricket card he got one with a golf theme. He's got a great sense of humour so I wanted a funny image and after seeeing this one somewhere in Blogland I managed to track it down to 'Karens Doodles'. Fortunately it was a digital image and not a rubber stamp so it wasn't a problem that I was on the last minute as usual.
It's 20cms square and I've used Funky Hand DP's so that I can enter it into the current challenge at Get Funky which is Boys, Boys, Boys. The papers are a combination, some from the 'Jovial Man' collection on Colour Me Happy and the other from the latest freebie. ProMarkers were used for colouring the image and the flag was created to enable me to add his age.
I really like the finished card but after it was too late I had the idea to use a scorecard instead of one of the rectangles - well maybe next time.

CHALLENGES

Get Funky - Boys, Boys, Boys
Catch The Bug - August - Anything Goes
Quirky Crafts Challenge # 16 - Numbers
Birthday Sundaes Challenge # 21 - Birthday Cards
CYDA Challenge # 26 - Birthday Celebrations
FROSTED Designs Challenge - Colouring
KB Cute Monday Challenge 24 - Anything goes using a digi!
Just Some Lines - Outdoor/Summer Colour

Thanks for looking

Hugs, Lynn x

Thursdays Challenge at Catch The Bug

I'm getting there .... finished off my card for Thursday's, Christmas In July, challenge at Catch The Bug, which is 'Any Project With Snow'. I don't know where I got this paper from but I've had it for ages so thought it was time to get cutting. The base card is A4 and made from dark grey 'Stardream', some red card from my stash for layering and the image was coloured with ProMarkers. A few snowballs were added as a finishing touch and attached with foam pads for extra dimension.

Well four down and just one to go - the Friday challenge is 'Anything Goes' - and due to the time difference I should be ok if I post my entry in the morning. Off to bed now!!

Lynn x

Wednesdays Challenge at Catch The Bug

The mini-challenge for Wednesday, in the Christmas in July week of challenges at Catch the Bug, has this sketch to follow.

This is my attempt at following the sketch. I've used another digi from Bugaboo with an A5 dark blue base card and created the paper for the background using the words of the song 'Little Donkey'. To add some colour and texture I decided to emboss the red card with a cuttlebug folder and in the absence of anything more suitable used a mesh design which reminds me of cobbles .. as in dusty road .. not sure they would have had cobbles in Bethlehem but I'm claiming 'artistic licence'. The image has been coloured with ProMarkers and finished with three gold stars.

I'm also entering this into the 'Christmas in July' challenge at I Love ProMarkers as it is Christmassy and I did use ProMarkers. Thanks for looking.

Hugs, Lynn x

Tuesdays challenge at Catch The Bug

Playing catch-up at the moment as I'm attempting to join in with a week of Christmas in July challenges at Catch the Bug. This card was made for the Tuesday challenge - to make a card using this free image. All the papers are from the 'Tis The Season' collection by BoBunny; star brads, ribbon and tiny bells are from my stash and the image was coloured with ProMarkers before adding some gloss finish to the baubles. The shiny baubles look good in real life but don't show up well in the photo as I'm still getting to grips with my new camera and it's many different settings - should probably have waited until tomorrow to take the photos in natural light.

There are a few more challenges at the moment which call for christmas cards so I'm going to enter my creation into the following too:-

Creative Inspirations Challenge 64 - Xmas In July
CES Challenge # 45 - Christmas
Paper Sundaes Challenge # 78 - Christmas In July
The Crafty Pad Designs Challeng 130 - Christmas In July
I Love ProMarkers Challenge # 75 - Christmas in July

I need to get started on the Wednesday challenge now which is a sketch challenge so thanks for looking and any comments are much appreciated.

Hugs, Lynn x

Bugaboo - Christmas in July

Bugaboo are hosting a week of challenges over on the Catch the Bug Challenge Blog. For Monday the challenge was to use 'Non Traditional Colours', which really was a challenge for me as I love red, green and gold for Christmas. There are so many wonderful images to choose from but I've gone with 'Snowman Bells' which I think was a Friday Freebie. I've used a white base card with lime green and turquoise, which is a combination that I like but not usually for Christmas.

The image was coloured with Promarkers in Lime Green and Sky Blue to match the card and ribbon which are from my stash. The embossing was done with 'Snowflakes' Cuttlebug folder and the sentiment created on the pc using Candy Buzz BTN font. Punched snowflakes and Card Candy add the finishing touches.
I'm also entering it in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge - 'Anything Goes' the Allsorts Challenge Blog, Week 112 - Free & Easy and the I Love ProMarkers challenge # 75 - Christmas in July.


Thanks for looking,
Lynn x

21st Card for Chloe

I needed to make a21st birthday card for Chloe who has been doing teaching practice with us for the past few weeks. I used a Pink Petticoat image and some leftover pieces of green paper, also from Pink Petticoat, together with some silver mirror card and a length of white ribbon. I paper pieced the dress and bag then coloured the rest of the image with Promarkers. The circle and scalloped circle have both been cut with nesties and the edge of the border paper punched with a Fiskars Threading Water punch. I used the same green paper for the insert but forgot to take a photo of it.

I've found some challenges that it fits into so might as well give it a go.

Delightful Challenges - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenge # 11 - Anything Goes
Southern Girls Challenge 21 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Let's Play Bingo
(Bottom line - Shape, Ribbon & Sentiment)

Thanks for looking,
Lynn x

Card for baby Jacob

The daughter of a good friend of ours has just had a baby boy so I wanted to make a personalised card. I recently made a baby boy card that I really liked, using Funky Hand papers, but in order to enter it into the Get Funky Challenge I had to include five flowers. As these were put in the position best suited to the baby's name a new card was needed. I've used the same layout but alternated the colours blue and green, added JACOB instead of flowers and tied a teddy charm to the bottom ribbon. The hood and wheels on the baby buggy have been raised up for extra dimension and the edges of the card layers inked to help them stand out. So that the letters stood out from the background I edged those too but I had to use a pen which was very fiddly and took ages - still it was worth it as I'm pleased with the finished result.

Front View

Side View

Inside

Papers - 'Son Day' Collection, Funky Daze CD by Funky Hand
Image - Pink Petticoat
Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug
Die Cut Letters - Sizzix 'Wingo Zingo'
Ribbon & Charm - Unknown

Today whilst wandering around Blogland I followed a link to Creative Inspirations and was surprised to see that their latest challenge, no 116, calls for Blue, Green & 1 other Colour so I'm entering my card into this.

Thanks for looking,
Lynn x