'New York State of Mind'

It's the title of a song written by Billy Joel some years ago and I haven't actually been there myself.  However the son of some friends of ours was obviously in this frame of mind last year when he and his partner went over to the US to get married in New York.

Last week they celebrated their first anniversary so a New York themed card was .... well .. on the cards.

I  downloaded a picture of the New York skyline then traced it onto black card and cut it out by hand.  The sentiment was created in 'Word Art' and printed directly onto the background, but this white version was about the third attempt.  I tried a pink background with pink lettering first, on a white base card,  but decided that it looked too loud.  Eventually settling for white with silver as I thought that it looked classier.  The finishing touches are a couple of crystal gems in the top corners and a smaller gem to dot the 'i' in Anniversary.

I'm entering this card into the Anything Goes Challenge #67 - Black with one other colour 
That Craft Place Challenge Blog - Monochromatic

Thanks for looking,

Lynn x

Hole-in-one

This card is not my usual style.  Although I'm not one for adding loads of ribbon, lace, flowers and stuff I don't usually do something as minimalist as this, even on a masculine card.

As my husband and one son both play golf  I'm always on the lookout for suitable stamps or images so when I spotted a pack of die cut golfers at a recent craft show I bought them (as you do) and added them to my ever growing stash.

Some of these impulse buys lose their appeal later and don't always make it to a finished item, but I liked the idea of using this silhouette on a really simple black and white card.  The 'golf ball' is just a circular hole in the black strip of card and the computer generated sentiment was positioned to look like the path of the ball.

I've got 4 more golfers to play around with (a round with - get it?) so I'm going to see if I can come up with something 'more is more'.

I'm entering this into the Totally Paper Crafts Challenge 116 - No Pesky Girls Allowed

Thanks for looking,

Lynn x

40th Birthday Card

I made this card for a friend at school who recently celebrated her 40th birthday.  I was short of time so went with a design that I've used before - saved all the indecision that I usually go through when having to come up with something special at short notice.

The patterned papers are both Pink Petticoat left over from an earlier project. The stamp was given free with a magazine some time ago and I coloured the cakes with ProMarkers before adding some Glamour Dust to the 'icing'.

I'm entering this card in Challenge 148 at Passion for ProMarkers which is 'Special Birthdays'

Thanks for looking.

Lynn x

Let's Get Sentimental

"Long time no blogging."  With one thing, then another, I've not felt like blogging but finally decided that it was time I took the bull by the horns and got stuck in.  Two deaths in my extended family then a skiing holiday at half term meant that my little blog got neglected.  Work, decorating and gardening have taken more of my time but I've still managed to make a few cards so thought it was time I started to put them on here.

It hasn't helped that Mr Blogger has forced me to change over to the new Editor.  I was quite happy with things the way they were, I knew what I was doing (well sort of) but now everything is new and I'm muddling my way through.  According to my reading list some of the blogs I follow haven't had a recent post but if I go on them they have had several, some even today, so not sure why they're not showing up.

 It looks like Mr Blogger still has some problems to sort out.

This card is for the April challenge at Get Funky which is Let's Get Sentimental.  The base card is 15cm square and the papers are all from the Pressie Time collection on the Happy Happy Birthday CD.  

Thanks for looking.

Lynn x

Get Funky - Flying High

No internet connection for a couple of days so late with my entry to the February challenge at Get Funky, which is 'Flying High' and finishes at the end of today ready for a new challenge to start tomorrow on the 15th.

The digital image is from Bugaboo and shows a stork delivering a baby boy so I thought it would go with the theme and the sky paper which was this months freebie. I've gone with blue, yellow and white which is my favourite combination for baby boy cards.

I've used Promarkers for the small amount of colouring needed, done a little paper piecing and added Crystal Glamour Dust to the clouds.

Lynn x

January Blues

Finally got my act together and uploaded my entry to the Get Funky challenge for January which is 'January Blues'.

The papers are all from the 'Birthday Boy' collection on Happy Happy Birthday. I've used a white, scalloped card blank from Craftwork Cards and a Penny Black stamp coloured with Promarkers. The mat for the image was cut with a scalloped Nestie and so that there will be somewhere to write a greeting, I've cut a slightly smaller scalloped circle in white for the inside. No sentiment as the backing paper says it all but a couple of buttons were added as a finishing touch, these were threaded with silver cord first because they have 4 holes and looked a bit 'naked'.

I'm also entering this card for the first challenge at Emmas Cards UK which just happens to be 'Shades of Blue', and challenge # 72 on the CES Challenge Blog which is 'Lots of Layers - 3 or more'


Thanks for looking,
Lynn x

Get Funky December Challenge

Well it's a month since my last post - can't believe how fast time flies - but I cleared away my crafty stuff from the Dining Room, so that we could use it over Christmas and have only just felt like getting it out again. So today I had to get a move on as it's the last day for the current Get Funky Challenge which has a 'Thank You' theme.

I've got a cold coming on and don't feel great so it's a quick card this time, no colouring which is unusual for me. I've used a Penny Black stamp that is one of my favourites, mainly because it's been used more than any other and I can find it without too much trouble. Instead of printing more paper I've made do with a piece left over from another project. It's definately by Funky Hand but I can't be sure which collection - possibly 'November Rain' from Craft The Year Away.

I created a Word document using different fonts to write 'Thank You', then printed this over the DP. Next I printed the sentiment directly on the card front in a bigger size, before stamping the flowers to look like they were growing out of the letters. A bit of decoupage then the same image inside and it was done.

Other challenges entered

Pixie's Crafty Snippets - Challenge No 3
Stampalot challenge - January Monochromatic
Let's Ink It Up - Challenge # 19 Anything Goes




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Hugs, Lynn x