Sweet Lilac Flowers

Welcome fellow Bloggers, Crafters and Friends, I appreciate every single one of you.

I was lucky enough to be sent a gorgeous bag of Sweet Lilac Paper Flowers from the very lovely Linda Simpson. 

Linda has been an amazing friend to me since I started crafting. I was lucky enough to meet Linda at the NEC in November and she was as lovely in person as she is online. 

Linda has always been encouraging and supportive to me and someone I will always be friends with. 

This morning I opened my post and out popped a bag of the most gorgeous paper flowers I have seen. They are not thin like most paper flowers, they are sturdy and hold a shape. 

I set to work straight away to make a card to fit the Sweet Lilca Paper Flowers Current Challenge 'Monochrome'. 

I picked an image from The Stamping Chef and coloured her in grey scale. This is the first time I have tried this, and I am pretty pleased with how she turned out. 

Once she was coloured, I then picked my papers from a DoCrafts Capsule black and white paper pack, and my flowers from the stash Linda sent me from Sweet Lilac Paper Flowers. 

This is the finished card....

The above photo shows the embellishments closer. The big black flower and the two large white flowers either side are from Sweet Lilac Paper Flowers. 

I teamed these up with some diecut silver leaves, white feathers, black and white ribbon roses and some pearl sprays. 

The flowers are the perfect size to add a statement to any card. 

I finished the card by adding some black and clear flat backed gems and some white card candi. 

I would recommend Sweet Lilac Paper Flowers to any crafter who loves good quality flowers in gorgeous rich and deep colours. 

I would like to enter this card into the following Challenges:

Sweet Lilac Paper Flowers - Monochrome

Crafty Girls Challenges - #16 Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenges - #54 Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - #40 Anything Goes

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

My Craft Creations - Anything Goes

Scribble and Scrap - #17 Always Anything Goes

Crafting For All Seasons - #76 Lots of Layers

Simply Create Too - #60 Stack Em Up

The Paper Nest Dolls - #9 Anything Goes
Crafty Bloggers Network - Use Diecuts or Embossing
ArtByMiran Challenge - #4 Anything Goes

The Stamping Chef - #27 Anything Goes

As always, thank you for all your wonderful visits and comments. 

Just For Fun - EASTER!

Hello fellow bloggers, crafters and friends. I hope you are all enjoying the school holidays lol 

It's time for the mid-month inspiration for Just For Fun Challenge Blog.

This months theme is 'EASTER'. Think eggs, chocolate, cute fluffy animals, beautiful seasonal flowers etc..... Nice bright and colourful makes to cheer everyone up....

Here is what I made....

I love the colours of this card as they are cheerful without being too bright. 

I hope you will pop over to the Just For Fun Challenge Blog and join in with the EASTER themed challenge.... http://laineyscraftyspace-justforfun.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/easter.html

Thank you for your visits and lovely comments 

Just For Fun and Amazing News

Welcome to all the lovely people who always support me....you are all amazing!

 

I have two things to share with you today...... Some amazing news that has left me gob smacked, and the mid month inspiration for Just For Fun Challenge Blog.

 

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Well, let me share my amazing news before I explode..... There is a brand new craft company coming out VERY soon.... the are called Lelli-Bot Crafts

 

 

If you click on the link/badge above, it will take you to their facebook page, where sneak peeks will soon be appearing.....

This is a brand new company that are launching their own range of Crafting Products..... This is an absolutely amazing opportunity to help a company build it's foundations and get a great customer base.

Keep your eyes peeled for the sneaky peeks to come and their exciting journey.

 

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Now is time for the mid-month inspiration for Just For Fun Challenge Blog.

 

There is no excuse not to join in this month as the theme is "ANYTHING GOES"....what could be easier than that????

 

 

I forgot that anything goes, could mean ANYTHING....and wasted an opportunity to make something other than a card.... silly me!!!

 

 

Here is what I made....

 



 

I started with a Dilly Beans image, which I coloured with water colour pencils and a koi water brush.

I used spellbinders nestabilities to make all the diecut shapes. The backing paper is from my stash, and the embossed paper is embossed with a spellbinders embossing folder.

 

I made lots of diecut swirl roses and glued these with hot gluegun to get an instant stick.

The purple lace is glued down with spray glue and cut to match the edging shape, then I just layered everything up.

 

I think this image is so pretty, and love the layered look to her skirt, even if it is a pain to colour lol

 

 

I hope you will pop over to the Just For Fun Challenge Blog and join in with the Anything Goes theme...

 

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I hope you will also pop over to the Left Of Centre Creative Challenges blog, as they have an Anything Goes Celebration event going on at the moment.... Lots of gorgeous digis from amazing sponsors to be won.

 

I think that is about everything for this post....Sorry I write essays don't I lol

 

 

Thank you for your continued support

 

One new challenge and one Inspirational Post!

Welcome back lovely people.... How was your month of Love?? Mine was loveless lol

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Inspirational Post for Left of Centre Creative Challenges 

Today see's the Mid-Way post for the Left Of Centre Creative Challenges, Challenge #26

'Diecuts'

What a nice easy theme.... You can make anything with a dark/alternative theme, as long as it includes some diecuts...The more the better lol

The Left Of Centre Creative Challenges Blog have a great list of wonderful Sponsors, and this months sponsors are the very brilliant 'The Stamping Chef' and 'Ike's Art' !!!!!

All of our Design Team members have made cards using some of the sponsors gorgeous images...Once you have used them, you are hooked!!!

To get to Sponsors Blogs and Shops, please click either the badges above, or the following links:

http://thestampingchef.com/Challenges/

http://www.ikesart.com/

Keep an eye out this month, as the Left Of Centre Creative Challenges Blog is having a 'Celebration Month Event' due to it being 1 year old... We will be announcing some new Sponsors, as well as daily blog posts showing makes from the Sponsors who have kindly supported us for the last 12 months.

It will be a great event, and we hope you will be able to join in with the fun!

Right....Down to what I have made for Challenge #26 - Diecuts

For this make I have used some Corner Diecuts, Spellbinders small Lattice Die, x-cut decorative frame Die, ticket die and a Tattered Lace Chandelier Die that I was lucky enough to win as a Facebook give away.

I would Like to think that is plenty of diecuts to make it a diecut themed card lol

I loved this Image by THE STAMPING CHEF so much, that I had to make this card as soon as the images were received. The image is called 'BITE ME'.

This was one of the first images I coloured with colouring pencils (YES, that's how long ago I made this lol), and got me hooked on them.

I have used glossy accents on the eyes of all 3 skulls.

The backing panel was made with distress inks, clear embossing powder, creative expressions Halloween mask and mica spray. I love the shine that comes across with that mica powder, really makes the image pop.

I have finished the card off with ticket dies for my cheeky sentiment words, lots of flat back gems and some large shaped gems that I filed the back down so they sit flat on the card.

This was the first dark but fun card I made, and it is also my favourite. I have been dying to share it, but have had to wait agessssssssss....

I hope you will pop over to the Left Of Centre Creative Challenges Blog to join in with this great challenge, and the exciting month long 1 year Birthday Celebrations.

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Start of a New Challenge at LEJ Designs Challenge Blog 

Well, March is our 3rd Monthly Challenge of 2014, and the new rules are going well. The monthly challenges allow people more time to make their entries, and get them blogged and linked up.

http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Please click on the above image or link to take you to our wonderful LEJ Designs Challenge Blog.

The only way you can get your hands on the LEJ Designs Images, is by winning them through our challenges.

We have chosen a nice easy theme for you......

FAVOURITE DIECUTS

You can make anything you like, as long as it includes your favourite diecuts. You couldn't get more simpler that that could you?!

Here is What I Made

My favourite diecuts are the gorgeous labels range from Spellbinders. I cant use these enough. I have the decorative edged ones, grand ones and the normal ones. I find them very versatile and easy to use.

I have also used an x-cut border die and the absolutely gorgeous La-La-Land heart banner die. I have seen this die on so many cards, but never knew who it was made by. As soon as I found out, I had to buy it straight away.

I coloured the image with my WHSmith colouring pencils. I love how easy they are to blend.

This image was wonderful to colour and shade.

I finished the card off with lots of flat backed gems and a distressing tools for the matting layers.

I hope, as always, that my make has inspired you to visit the LEJ Designs Challenge Blog and join in the new monthly challenge. Remember it is Anything Goes, so the only thing stopping you entering is you.....

Thank you for your visit, they mean a lot to me



SeemaCrafts - January 2014 Challenge

How weird is it to be writing 2014?!

HAPPY NEW YEAR ONE AND ALL.......

 

Well it is a new year and a brand new me. I have made a list of all the things I want to work on and change this year....so far, I have made an excellent start.

 

 

Well, not only is it a brand new year, it is also a brand new month which means New Challenge Time over on The SeemaCrafts Challenge Blog.

Please click the below image or link to take you to the most recent Challenge post.

 

 

http://seemacrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/january-anything-goes.html

 

 

 

January is a tricky time for crafters. You have just had a very busy few months with christmas cards and Christmas projects and had a small break over the festive period. You have your Christmas stuff to pack up and get back into the mind set of ' back to normality'.

We understand this problem, so we have made Januarys Challenge nice and easy....

 

ANYTHING GOES

 

What is easier than that??!! Nothing lol

 

 

What I have Made

 

 

I have seen so many gorgeous cards with mixes of patterned papers, but I have never really had the guts to do this myself.

I found a boy themes paper pad that I have had for a while. I decided to pluck up the courage and just go for it.

I used 4 different papers, three of these being patterned. I have to say, I am pleased with how they have mixed.

 

 

I used a tent fold card. The image is a Lili Of The Valley (LOTV) ones that I have decoupages myself to give some depth to go along with the many layers of the card.

The card was finished off with lots of small flat backed gems and a little sentiment I found in my stash.

 

 

I really like this card and I am glad that I went ahead and gave it ago. Keep an eye out for more patterned paper mixed cards from me!

 

 

As always, I really hope that this make has inspired you to pop over to see mine and the other Design Teams work, over on the blog and join in. You have a while month, so no excuses about time lol

 

Thank you as, as always, for all your visits and your amazing comments that many of you leave, they really do make me happy.

 

 

 



LEJ Designs Challenge #81

Welcome Visitors, Fellow Bloggers, Crafters and Friends.....

 

Hope you are keeping nice and warm in this horribly cold and wintery weather this morning.

 

 

Today sees the start of LEJs weekly challenge #82 - Buttons, Bows or Beads.

 

LEJ Designs Challenge Blog offer weekly challenges, starting on the Tuesday of each week.

There are always wonderful LEJ Designs Images up for grabs for the winner, along with a small crafting 2nd prize from one of our totally wonderful sponsors. (Please see the blog for further details of our sponsors).

 

http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

 

 

 

We have some exciting news coming in the new year, so keep your eyes peeled.....

 

 

LEJ Designs also has a facebook page, which you can find here:

 

https://www.facebook.com/LEJDesignsDigitalStamps

 

 

Currently, for every 10 new likers to the facebook page, someone has a chance of winning on of the LEJ Designs Digi Images. Get 'Liking' and 'Sharing'.

 

If you use one of the LEJ Designs Digi Images on your challenge entry, and you win, you could be in with a chance to win an extra bonus amount of Images. Currently the rollover stands at 4!!!

 

 

What I have Made

 

I decided to use the wonderful 'Snowman' images from LEJ Designs.

I coloured him with Water Colour pencils. I love my water colour pencils as you can give images as much or as little colour as you want. I used hardly any colour on the body, but made the other features stand out with heavier colouring.

 

I decided to use Buttons AND bows on my card. I took the orange from the Satsuma nose on the wonderful snowman. I think the blues and oranges go together well.

 

The border around the image is made up from lots and lots of punched out snowflakes. For these I used a Tonic Boot punch. I think this just gives the card a textured look, and with them spread out, it covers some of the white of the image topper. The backing paper is a Kanban sheet.

 

 

I finished the card off with a gift that I printed off from SERIF CraftArtist. I coloured this with the same water colour pencils as in the image. I used a few orange gems for the corners that aren't covered, and the middle of the bow on the parcel, and small black gems on he features of the snowman.

 

 

As always, I really hope this make has inspired you to pop along to the LEJ Designs Challenge blog to join along with the current Challenge.

 

Thank you so much for your wonderful visits.

 







Just For Fun Octobers Buttons and Bows

Welcome fellow Bloggers, Crafters and most importantly, Friends.... Thank you once again for visiting my blog.

 

 

The Just For Fun Challenge Blog is a monthly Challenge Blog. We have two teams, Team A who post their makes on the 1st of the month, and Team B who post their makes on the 16th of the month.

Both teams are there to make projects designed to inspire you to join in with our fun challenges.

 

 

Just For Fun Challenge Blog

 

 

As you can tell by the date of my post, I am on Team B, providing mid month inspirations.

This months theme is 'Buttons and Bows' so its a nice easy theme for you. This means, you can make anything, as long as it contains these two items.

 

As the Challenge Blog name suggests, our Challenges are 'Just for Fun', however we do sometimes have wonderful prizes donated by our very talented Design Team.

This month, we have had a prize donated, and here it is:

 

 

 

 

My Buttons and Bows Project

What I used

 

Forever Friends Black and Gold Paper

Paper from my stash

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Image resized in Serif Craft Artist and coloured with Water Colour Pencils

Matt Gold Mirri Card

White Gel Pen

Sentiment from Card Crafts

Feather from eBay

Wooden button from eBay

Paper Twine from The Works

Skeleton Leaves from eBay

Paper Roses from eBay

Pearl Sprays from a local wholesalers

Flat backed Gems and Pearls from eBay

Spellbinders Nestability Dies

8x8 hunkydory Scalloped Card Blanks

 

 

I have started colouring with my Water Colour pencils a lot more. I find them easier to get into smaller places, and they look lovely.

 

I have tried to use different shapes and patterns. I struggle to put different patterned papers together, however I put my fears aside and just went for it...and I like how it turned out!

 

 

I really hope this has inspired you to pop over to the Just For Fun Challenge Blog and join in with our brilliant theme this month.

 

Thank you once again for your visits and comments, they mean a lot.