Oh To Be A Bumble Bee

Hello lovelies,I hope that you are all well and enjoying your weekend, the weather is ill horrid here, I hope it's better where you are, as it's so miserable I thought that today I would make a spring  card to remind me what sunshine looks like lol.

To make this card I have used Spellbinders grand dies for the card base, papers from Melody Ross, Graphics 45 and an old magazine freebie (sorry can't remember which one it was from). The image is a stamp from Penny Black that I just fell in love with and I have coloured it with polychromos pencils. The die cut frame is from Spellbinders and the butterfly and flourish are from Marianne Design. I have then used flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, gems, lace, ribbon and a little tag embellishment to decorate, finally I doodled in stitching detail with a fine liner pen.

I would like to enter my card in to the following challenges,

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - May Challenge - Anything Goes
Kraftyhands Challenge Blog - May Challenge - Flower Frenzy
Great Impressions Challenge  - May Challenge - Celebrations
Penny Black @ Allsorts Challenge  - May Challenge - Sew Special
Forever Friends Challenge Blog - Fortnightly Challenge no.61 - Pastel Colours
Clear It Out Challenges - Theme: Anything Goes ~ Stash: Use Two Or More Patterned Papers
Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Challenge 92 - Shaped But Not Square
Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog  - Challenge #8 - Anything But A Square
Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges - Challenge #10 - Happy ...... Fill In The Blanks
A & T Challenges - Challenge #24 - Bling
Marianne Design Divas - Your Dies Out
Creative Craft Challenges 2  Challenge 10 - Just Checking
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - Simon Says Flower Power
Delightful Challenges - Weekly Challenges - Bingo (stitching, ribbon/lace, patterned paper)
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges  - Challenge #171 - Your Favorite Embellishment (I couldn't decide if my favorite is flowers or lace so I used both)
Sweet Stampin - Oodles Of Doodles

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments

Lindsay xx

Rainy Day Blues

Hiya lovelies, I hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend. I had a great day yesterday in Eastbourne but to say I am knackered now is an understatement lol, I have only had 6 hours sleep in the last two days and my sciatica did not like being in the car for so long. The weather was absolutely gorgeous there yesterday and it really felt like spring, unlike the weather here today which is gray, cold and miserable lol.

A big thank you to everyone who joined in with my little competition yesterday it was very  interesting to read your answers and I think some of you know me very well lol, so without futrher ado the winner was the lovely Andre  please contact me with your address hun and I will get your crafty  prize in the post to you. I have also decided to send Rachel  a small prize as well as Rachel came in third place but she was the only person not to get a single incorrect item which I thought was pretty impressive.

I did manage to make one card in the car yesterday using a House Mouse stamp and Graph'it markers to colour, it's not my best colouring though as this was a difficult image to colour in the card, thank heavens for being able to blend the colours back lol. The papers I have used are an old magazine freebie by hot off the press, one from Crafters Companion Fairyopolis paper pack and one from Docrafts Wellington paper pack. The die cuts I have used are all from Marianne Design, I have put together two frames and two small flourishes behind the image and then used two bigger flourishes in the corners of  the card. I have then used lace, ribbon, flowers and gems to decorate.

I would like to enter my card in to the following challenges,

Clear It Out Challenge Blog - Theme: Anything Goes ~ Stash : Use Two Or More Patterned Papers
Totally Gojuss - Challenge 183 - Bingo (lace,ribbon,flowers)
House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge  - HMFMC 144 - How Do You Interpret Feeling Blue
Marianne Design Divas  - Get Your Dies Out
Oldie But A Goodie  - Inspired By A Song (singing in the rain was my song choice and the papers are all over 6 months old)
Inky Chicks  - Challenge#4 - Blue & Brown
Southern Girls Challenge - Going Spotty Dot
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog   - Simon Says Flower Power
Delightful Challenges - Weekly Challenges - Bingo (patterned paper, die cuts, flowers)
Charisma Cardz Challenges - Challenge 19 - No Digi's Allowed

And just before I go here are some pictures I took yesterday, the first one is one I took at the place where we stop for coffee on the way to Eastbourne and the others were taken at Eastbourne harbor.

Thanks for reading this post, as always I love to read you comments

Lindsay xx

It's Competition Time

Hiya lovelies, I hope you are all well, hopefully this will post when I am well on my way to Eastbourne.

As I wont be around today I decided to run a little competition, those of you who have been following me for a while will know that on long journeys I always take a bag of crafty bits and make cards in the car so I thought it would be appropriate to put a little crafty twist on the old car game I Packed My Bag & In It I Put..... the old game is a memory game but that wouldn't work in this situation so I am going to make it in to a guessing game. 

What I want you to do is leave a comment on this post before 9am Friday  17th May and tell me what crafty goodies you think I have put in my bag. For each correct item that you guess you will be awarded a point and for each incorrect item that you guess a point will be removed. The person with the most  points will win a crafty prize, there's a couple of good craft shops near my brother so I will find something nice for the winner.

You might want to bear in mind that when it comes to craft I don't travel light and being specific could help you as for example if you guess something broad like embellishments you would most likely get a point but if you guess the type of embellishments you may be able to get yourself more points (obviously I don't mean specific as in brand names etc just the type).

The competition is open to everyone.

Competition is now closed.

Ok I do have a card to show you, it's made using a grand Spellbinders die for the card base, all the stamps are Visible Image stamps and Distress Inks with water and then I have just decorated with some ribbon that I curled, a charm and some gems. Please do hop over to Visible Images Challenge Blog as they do fabby challenges and their stamps are awesome plus you don't need to have their stamps to enter you just need to use a rubber stamp (any make).

I would  like to enter my card in to the following challenges, (I will link up when I get home)

Cards Galore Challenge Blog - May Challenge - A Tim Holtz Homage
Crafty Bloggers Network - May Challenge - O's & X's (ribbon,, stamps, gems)
Sweet Stampin  - Clean & Simple (I hope this is ok, I know there isn't much white showing through but I tried to keep it fairly simple)
A & T Challenge Blog - Challenge #24 - Bling
Craft-Room Challenge - Stamp Your Own Background/Background Paper
Crafty Sentiments Challenge Blog - Add A Charm
Visible Image Challenge Blog  - May Challenge - Brighten Your Day

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments and I hope you will all join in with my little competition.

Lindsay xx

Celebrate

Hiya lovelies, I hope you are all well and having a good week, it's really flying by again isn't it. I won't be around tomorrow as I have to go to Eastbourne to visit my little brother (who is not  really so little at 28 lol) but I will be taking my bag of crafty bits and attempting to make cards in the car again. I will also have a scheduled post for tomorrow with a crafty game of  "I Packed My Bag & In It I Put......." and a chance to win yourself a crafty prize so please do hop over tomorrow and check that out.

Today's card is made for several challenges made using a Magnolia stamp, Graph'it Markers to colour, I have used Muslin and Distress Inks and papers from K & Co and Melody Ross. The die cut frames are from Spellbinders, the small scalloped heart is from Sizzix and the tags and flourishes are from Marianne Design dies. The lettering is from a KaiserKraft paper and I have then decorated with flowers and wooden flourishes from my stash and added ribbons to the tags which I then melted with my heat gun to make then go all twisty.

I would like to enter my card in to the following challenges,

Emerald Faeries Challenge Blog - Challenge #43 - Ribbons
Great Impressions Challenge - May Challenge - Celebrations
Totally Tilda Challenges - Challenge #70 - Pink Princess (I know she is an angel but she was in the prince and princesses release I hope that's ok)
Crafty Bloggers Network - May Challenge - O's & X's (die cut, stamp, tag)
Ribbon Carousel Blog -  RCC81 - Celebrations
Anything Goes Challenge Blog -  Challenge 92 - Shaped But Not Square
Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenges - R#123 - Tic Tac Toe (ribbon, tag, pink)
Tilda's Town  - Challenge #52 - Something Old Something New (everything on the card is old except for the ribbons and flowers which I only bought a couple of days ago)
Rhedd & Rosies Challenge Blog - 6th Challenge - Fantasy & Mythological
Love To Create Challenge Blog - Challenge #67 - Flowers Flowers So Many Pretty Flowers
Bunny Zoes  - May Challenge - Case A DT Member (I have cased Silvie's card)
Marianne's Design Divas  - Get Your Dies Out
ABC-Challenges - N Is For Not Just One
Tuesday Throwdown  - Challenge #147 - Smell The Roses
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - Simon Says Flower Power

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments

Lindsay xx

LEJ Designs - Challenge #53 - Borders & Corners

Morning lovelies, I hope that you are all  well and having a good week so far.  It's time for a new challenge to begin over at LEJ Designs Challenge Blog and this week our theme is Borders &/Or Corners so any type of border or corner will do as long as there is one somewhere  on your project.

This week I have used one of the brand new digi's from LEJ Designs called Ayla and I have coloured her using Graph'it Markers, I cut my card base  out from black card using Spellbinders Grand Dies, the corners are from a Cheery Lynn die and the border is a Memory Box die. I have then just decorated with flowers from my stash.

I would like to enter my card in to the following challenges,

Charisma Cardz Challenges - Challenge #18 - Black, White & One Other
Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Challenge 92 - Shaped  But Not Square
Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog - Challenge #8 - Anything But Square
Love To Create Challenge Blog - Challenge #67 - Flowers, Flowers So Many Pretty Flowers


Thank you  for reading this post, as always I  love to read your comments.  I hope that you  will all come and join in with  us at the LEJ Designs Challenge Blog.

Lindsay  xx

Spring Fairy & My First Graph'it Markers Tutorial Video

Hiya lovelies, I hope you are all well and having a good start to the week.

Today I have a card I made for a few challenges and a tutorial video on using Graph'it Markers for you, the video is quite long so you might want to grab a cuppa before you start watching it.

To make my card I have a stamp from Penny Black drawn by Mo Manning which I have coloured with Graph'it  Markers . I have then layered it on to muslin and glittered papers from Poundland and DCWV  and decorated with, lace, ribbon, one of my handmade pins, flowers, die cuts from Memory Box and embroidered butterflies.

Blogger is refusing to acknowledge the presence of my you tube videos at the moment so here is  the link  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amHq99mZVGM you may  want to grab a cuppa  before watching as it's  quite long.

Graph'it Markers tut 1

Hiya lovelies here is my first ever Graph'it Markers colouring tutorial, I did intend to edit it a bit more but movie maker was having a bad day so apologies...

I would like to enter my card in to the following challenges,

Visisble Image Challenge Blog - May Challenge - Brighten Your Day
ABC-Challenges - M Is For Make It Sparkle
Penny Black Saturday Challenges - May Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar Challenges - May Challenge - Blooms & Blossoms
Fashionable Stamping Challenge - Challenge #47 - Anything Goes
Crafty Blogggers Network - May Challenge - O's & X's (die cut,flowers,  ribbon)
Emma's Crafty Challenge - Challenge #16 - Pink & Blue
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog  - Simon  Says Things With Wings
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 268 - Something Blue
Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Shaped But Not Square
Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog - Challenge #8 - Anything But Square
Totally Gorjuss - Challenge 183 - Bingo (lace, ribbon, flowers)
Rhedd & Rosie's Challenge Blog - 6th Challenge - Fantasy/Mythical

Thank you for reading my post, as always I love to read your comments

Lindsay xx

PanPastel Challenge Blog - Challenge #19 - In The Pink

Hi  lovelies, I hope that you are all well and having  a nice Sunday morning, it's time for a new challenge to begin over at the PanPastel Challenge Blog and this week our theme is In The Pink. As usual the prize will  be a  fab PanPastel starter kit provided by our regular sponsor Your Creativity Store.

Over at the PanPastel Challenge Blog we are quite happy to see all sorts of projects like altered art, journaling and upcycling as well as cards & tags and you don't even need to use PanPastels on your entry so everyone can join in even if you don't have any yet.

This weeks make was inspired by my good friend Sylvia who made an awesome dress from and top hat in a steampunk style (hers is far better than mine and you can see it by clicking on her name) but I thought it would be good to have a go at. I began with one of those jellewery stands with the wires in the top, yanked out the wires and covered the whole thing with MaiMeri Gesso and then mixed Magenta PanPastels with MaiMeri Iridescent Medium and painted the whole thing with it. I then cut out some wavy strips of white cotton and coloured them with Magenta and Magenta Tint PanPastels  to get the fabulous tie die effect that the pans do so well, I stuck them in to place with some lace and ribbon and made a layered bow for the back. I then made the hat from cardboard, painted it with Magenta PanPastels with MaiMeri Iridescent Medium and trimmed  with ribbon and lace.

Front

Back

Before shot

I would like to enter this in to the following challenges,

Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog  - Challenge #35 - Anything But A Card
Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Challenge 92 - Shaped But Not Square

Thank you for reading  this post, as always I  love to read your comments and I hope you will come and join in with us at the PanPastel challenge blog.

Lindsay xx

One Of A Kind

Hiya lovelies, I hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend, I am still very slow moving after my day out earlier this  week.

Today's card is one that I have made for a very dear friend.

I have used a Humphrey's Corner stamp from Crafters Companion stamp and Graph'it Markers  to colour then embellished with lace and lace butterflies.

I would like to enter my card in to the following challenges,

Creative Craft Challenges 2  - Challenge #9 - All About Animals
Visible Image Challenge Blog - May Challenge - Brighten Your Day
Dream Valley Challenges - Challenge 56 - No Squares Allowed
Fashionable Stamping Challenges - Challenge #47 - Anything Goes
Forever Friends Challenge Blog - Fortnightly Challenge No.61 - Pastel Colours
Love To Create Challenge Blog - Challenge #64 - For Mom Or Special Lady
Crafty Sentiments Challenge Blog - Use A Sentiment
Crafts & Me Challenges - Challenge #132 - Lace
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - Simon Says Things With Wings
Crafty Catz  - Challenge #182 - Anything Goes

Thank you for reading this post, as always I love to read your comments
Lindsay xx

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge Birthday Blog Hop

Morning everyone, I hope that you are all well and having a good week. I had a fabulous day yesterday meeting up with some lovely crafty friends, it has worn me out completely but it was totally worth it.

Today there is a Birthday themed blog hop and challenge beginning over at C.R.A.F.T. Challenges and they very kindly asked me if I would like to join in so of course I said yes please.

All the details you need to join in are below, if you stumbled upon my post by chance and would like to join in please hop over to C.R.A.F.T. Challenges to join in the fun.

Happy Birthday To Us

Happy Birthday To Us

Happy Birthday Dear CRAFT Challenge

Happy Birthday To Us!

Can you believe it? CRAFT Challenge is already 4 years old. Originally started by Tracy from Just Tracy Crafts and with a DT mostly recruited from Trimcraft forum members (Hence the term CRAFT Challenge, which stood for Crafters Residing Are Friendly Trimmies. Or if you wished alternative meaning of Can't Remember A Flipping Thing) on the 4^th of May 2009.

We have now grown to be a large team of Design Team Members from all around the world, supplemented with lots of Guest Designers who join us for a month at a time.

We have always welcomed all kinds of craft, not just paper craft (unless specifically stated so in the challenge at the time) and are happy to have such a large group of faithful followers.

So, how are we going to celebrate this milestone?

Well, how else can we celebrate than to have our yearly Blogaversary Blog Hop?

We all feature one of our sponsors for this blog hop on our blogs and I have the honour of featuring and offering a prize from the following sponsor. You can win this prize by adding your name to Inlinkz at the end of this post. I would love to see your comments as well.

LEJ Designs

Prize: 3 images of choice

How can you get to win any of the prizes provided by our sponsors?

That is easy! Just follow the route on our blog hop (you can also find that in  C.R.A.F.T. Challenges side banner), Our Blog Hop lasts for the duration of this challenge, which means a closing time of Wednesday 6pm GMT on the 15^th of May 2013.

And here are our little rules for this challenge/blog hop:

• Our challenge this week is Birthday
• Create something with this in mind
• Add your project to our Inlinkz on our Challenge blog to be in with a chance of being one of our Top3 and win a prize from Karen's Doodles
• Follow the route of the Blog Hop
• Add your project to the Inlinkz at each of these stops to be in with a chance of winning the prize advertised on that blog
• Collect the letters on this and the blogs on the blog hop
• Form a sentence with these letters
• Return to our challenge blog and put your winning sentence in our comments under the post.
• We will enable comment moderation for the duration of this challenge/blog hop to ensure there is no cheating, lol.
• And the main rule: HAVE FUN!

What can you win on our challenge blog?

1. The winner of the winning sentence wins My Memories Suite 4, amazing software, for free.

Everyone else can also get this software with a $10 discount. Just follow the links to My Memories.com or My Memories Suite 4and use ourcode in the discount box on purchasing this software you get a fabulous $10 off this software. That is not to be sneezed at.

In order to get $10 off this great software, copy and paste our code

STMMMS98952

and enter it in the discount slot while purchasing this software. It will take it automatically off the purchase price. It is however only valid for this software and nothing else!

2. Our Top3 this week will win a prize from Karen's Doodles

• Top3, 1 : 3 images of choice
• Top3, 2 : 2 images of choice
• Top3, 3 : 1 image of choice

You should have come here from Judy (GDT)'s blog and as you can see your next stop is Nikki's blog. The start and finish of this blog hop are at CRAFT Challenge Blog.

And here is my project for this week, hope you like it. I have used one of the brand new digi's from LEJ Designs called Alfred, he is coloured with Graph'it Markers, the papers are from Papermania.

And now for our Blog Hop route:

CRAFT Challenge Blog

Aunty Sue

Carol

Divya (GDT)

Evie

Hazel (from Rick St Dennis MFA)

Jeanette

Jo

Judy (GDT)

Lindsay (from LEJ Designs) (you are here)

Nikki

Rachel (GDT)

Rick St Dennis (yes the man himself!)

Saskia

Sharon

Sheryl

Sylvia

Trimgym's Digistamps and Images

Wenche (GDT)

CRAFT Challenge Blog

And here is the letter to be collected on this blog:

Your next stop is Nikki's blog. Enjoy the rest of your hop! Don't forget to add your name to Inlinkz below to be in with a chance of winning the prize on my blog.

As Always I love to read your comments and I hope you will all come and join in with us.

Lindsay xx