75th Birthday

I was asked to make a 75th birthday card for a lady who used to be a cook, has a good sense of humour and supports Blackburn Rovers FC. After establishing that Blackburn play in Royal Blue and White I decided that I would use this colour scheme for the card and incorporate an image of an elderly lady with a frying pan (Ethel & Murray stamps I think). Well after an unsatisfactory search through my stash for a Royal Blue background paper ... which included numerous CD's and digital papers ... the only one I could find was a check pattern on a Robert Adams CD. I could find every shade of blue but royal so had to go with the check and printed that but it looked dull; then I wasn't happy with the colouring of the image as the Royal Blue dress looked dull too. At this point I began to wonder if a funny card was really what this lady would appreciate so I abandoned that idea completely and made a 'nice' card instead with a 'nice' verse. I was happy with the finished result ... hope the recipient is too.

Papers - Pink Petticoat (Turquoise/white but not sure which collection)
Image - rubber stamp from Dimensions Fourth
Dark Brown Stardream Card
Numbers - Hippy Chick alphabet dies
Sentiment - Hand written in dark brown
Gems from stash

Hugs, Lynn x

Stitched Squares

When I print papers to make a card the pieces that are left over usually get saved 'for another time' as I hate to throw anything away. However they often get forgotten or they are not quite what I'm looking for so they rarely get used. So I set myself a challenge to use up some lilac and white Pink Petticoat papers that were left over and as some of the pieces were small I decided to cut squares and use my sewing machine to get the patchwork look. The flowers on both were hand cut and small pieces of left over ribbon were used to finish off the white flowers.

I'm quite pleased with the finished cards but I've still got some scraps left so need to come up with a new idea for using them up,

Hugs, Lynn x

The Stamp Man Blog Candy

The Stamp Man has some fab candy on offer but it closes on Monday 14th September at 12 midnight. If you would like to be in with a chance of winning it look here for full details, but you'll have to be quick. It's a site worth following as they have some great card samples and tutorials.

Hugs, Lynn x

Lilac & White Birthday Card

I was asked, by a friend, to make a birthday card for her to send to her daughter who is at present living in Australia. As Caroline is in her 20's and slim with long blond hair, I thought that this image from Pink Petticoat would be ideal. The digital papers are also from Pink Petticoat and I'm really pleased with the finished card ...

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All papers - from Lilac set in Pink Petticoat 'Daisy Daisy' Collection
Digital Image - Lola with Wine
clothes/bag coloured with Lilac ProMarker
trousers/bag paper pieced
Plain paper mat embossed with Cuttlebug 'Birthday' folder
gems/ribbon from stash
Sentiments generated on PC

... I hope that Janet likes it as much as I do.

Hugs, Lynn x

I Love ProMarkers Challenge 2

This is my entry for the 2nd challenge over on I Love ProMarkers. Again there is a sketch to follow but you are allowed to use whatever colours of ProMarkers that you wish. I wanted to use a collection that was a free download from Funky Hand and as luck would have it I had ProMarkers to match the pink and green in the papers. I'm quite pleased with the finished card but unfortunately the photographs don't show up the gloss finish on the cherries and shoes.

Paterned Papers - Free DP Kit from Funky Hand
Image - 'Cute as Cupcakes' from Sugar Nellie Stamps
Coloured with ProMarkers - Apple Green & Rose Pink
Skin - Ivory & Blush
Hair/Shoes - various shades of brown
Pink Cardstock- DCWV Textured Mat Stack
Letters diecut on Wizard with Sizzlets Bozo Alphabet
Flowers Handmade then embelished with Anitas Gems

Hugs, Lynn x

Get Funky Challenge

This is my card for the first Get Funky Challenge. The entries must include at least one Funky Hand paper or extra and the challenge for August is a sketch. I have several Funky Hand CD ROM's so my first challenge, which probably took longer than making the actual card, was deciding which papers to use. I wanted to try a collection that I hadn't used before, to save some time I made the decision to use Funky Seasons and one of the summer collections seemed appropriate, so 'Summer Ice Cream' it was.

All dp's - Funky Hand 'Funky Seasons CD Rom'
Black scallops cut with Fiskars 'Threading Water' punch
White oval cut by hand then embossed with 'Swiss Dots' folder by Provo Craft
Flower - hand made then finished with 'Patti's Pretties' from Kirsty Wiseman
and a light dusting of glitter chalk

I really enjoyed making this card and now looking forward to seeing what the challenge is for September.

Hugs, Lynn x

Just For You

I bought a pack of cardstock last week mainly because one of the predominant colours was green, which is my favourite. There are 12 designs, some embossed, some double sided and I like them all so much that it was hard choosing which ones to use first. Once that was settled I found it difficult to actually cut into them but eventually the deed was done. The stamp is one of several I bought at the same time and after stamping the center square was double embossed with clear EP but this doesn't show up in the photograph. I'm quite pleased with the finished card so must make myself use the other designs and not just keep looking and stroking them.

Cardstock, Buttons and Stamp - MME 'Bloom & Grow'
Stamp inked up with Marvy Brushmarkers
Doodling and sentiment - by hand
Ribbon - from stash