My Fave 5 Christmas Cards For This Year

Hello everyone just popping in rather quickly to wish you all a Merry Christmas and to share with you my fave 5 christmas cards this year which you too can join in with over at Debby's blog

So here goes with my 5

I hope you liked these too I shall be spending tomorrow with my partner and my gorgeous dog Blade so it will be nice and relaxing and I shall be back here crafting and posting again soon after christmas so have a great time and before I go I want to thank you all for sticking by me for another year of craziness you really are the best

take care

Lorraine xx

Christmas With Tilda and Finally Some Colouring

Good Evening Crafting friends well I know what your thinking 'whoopee she actually got those markers out' and yes I have it seems like ages since I did any colouring and so I really enjoyed colouring these two images sent to me by the lovely Loz in the candy I won on her blog.I have kept this one pretty simple.I have coloured using promarkers and I highlighted the snow and Tildas trims with glitter,the paper is from papermanias joyeux noel a set they released last year,the border through the middle has been done using a martha stewart punch ,I used nestabilities and finished off with some ribbon and red gems.

I hope you like it.I know you don't see that many Tilda's on my blog but she does creep in now and then and to be really honest I couldn't possibly afford them all there always seems to be new ones every time i look round lol.

I would like to enter this one into the following challenges:

Allsorts-circles

By the cute and girly-let it snow

Colour create-red,white,green

Crafts and me-winter/snow

Crafty purple frog-its cold outside

Crafty ribbons-Traditional christmas

Creative card crew-tis the season

Creative inspirations-snow much fun

Cute card thursday-Anything goes

DYSU-Something old(paper)

Joanna Sheen-Christmas wishes

Magnolia stamp lovers-use magnolia accessory stamp

Papercraft star-a tree

Papertake weekly-Anything goes

Passion for promarkers-celebrations

Simon says stamp-inspiration piccie

Sweet stampin-snow

Sweet stamps-christmas bling

wow thats some list and took ages to get all the links done lol.

thanks for visiting me peeps see you soon

hugs

Lorraine xx

Winter Wolf In The Snow

Hello everyone I hope your having a good day wherever you are in the world.

As promised here is my card I made,this one is for my mum and dad as my mum loves wolves and after all her maiden name is Wolfe lol I also think this image is perfect for men too so it will suit both my mum and my dad.

The image is from Debbi Moores Crystal Dreams CD rom and so are the papers I have used.

I have embellished the card with poinsettia and swirl dies from Marianne Designs and the tag die is a nestabilities die.The sentiment says 'Snow many ways to wish you a merry christmas' which came from a cute companions stamp set and to finish off I have added some holographic card candy.I have also added some glitter to the snow on the topper and the swirls and poinsettia has also been sparkled up too.Oops almost forgot I have also added gems to my card too.

Please forgive my bathroom shelf being in the piccy it was the only place I could take it as its so dull here.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Bearly mine challenge-Favourite things(glitter,animals,cd roms,dies)

Crafters companion-Let it snow

Crafty purple frog-For someone special(mum and Dad)

Pan pastel-Animals

Creative Inspirations-Winter colours

Lothian Crafts-Christmas

Marianne Design divas-Sparkle and shine

OLLCB-Sparkle

Paper Sundaes-Winter Wonderland

Totally gorjuss-Sparkle

Totally Papercrafts-Christmas

Thanks for popping by to see my card

hugs

Lorraine xxx

Shabby Chic Travel

Hello everyone I thought it was about time I popped in so I can share with you this simple card with you all.

The papers and toppers are from Debbi Moore's Shabby Chic Travel collection and I have added some string and some buttons from my stash for a little embellishing.

I have another card to share with you very soon too so keep a look out for that one too.

I have almost done my christmas shopping now apart from the food so thats a weight off my shoulders at least I can concentrate on my christmas cards now lol still be doing those christmas eve I bet.

I would like to enter this little card into the following challenges:

CYDA-Buttons or Bows

Crafts and me-Shabby chic or vintage

Here come the boys-For the men in your life

Lexis creations-One for the lads

Lollipop crafts-B is for..........(buttons,brown,blue)

Speedy the cats-Make it masculine

Rainbow ladys-Cards for men

Thank you for visiting me

hugs

Lorraine xx

A Journey Tag-Not Sure If I Like It

Hello everyone Firstly I want to apologise for not getting round all of your blogs and commenting I will be doing my very best to catch up through the week.

I would also like to say a massive welcome and hello to all my new followers I am so pleased you want to join me in my madness.

Now lets talk about this tag I made I am still unsure about it so I thought I would let you decide.

The stamps I have used were a free set from Debbi Moores new stamping inspirations to you magazine you get a 20 page free card kit inside the mag as well as a stamp sheet on the front all for £4.99 and there is also a cd one too where you get 20 page kit plus a free full cd rom too for the same price I think they really are a bargain and so far I have collected them all lol.

So back to the tag I used the stamps and stamped in vintage photo distress ink and distressed the tag and suitcases in the same colour I have edged the tag with a darker distress ink to help it stand out a bit.I aso added some ribbon behind the elements to break sown the brown a little.For the Sentiment I have triple embossed using gold and stamped into it for more added texture then finished off with some dark brown ribbon at the top.

So please give me your honest opinions and where you think I could of made it better.

I would like to enter this tag into the following challenges:

Bearly mine-one for the boys

Stamptacular-Boy oh Boy

The stamp man-Tims tag techniques

Sentimental sundays-Masculine gift tags

Thankyou so much for popping by to see me and any comments would be greatly appriciated

much Love

Lorraine xx

I Am Still Here

Hi everyone I know its been over a week since I last posted but its been a nightmare here with all the decorating and seeing my family I do have a card and a tag to share with you though so I am hoping to post them tomorrow thankyou all so much for sticking with me yo are truely amazing followers and friends

hugs

Lorraine xx

Craft Barn Fabulous Candy

Hello everyone check out this candy you really won't want to miss this one so pop over to

The Craft Barn Blog for all the deets and of course good luck

hugs

Lorraine xx

Handy Hippo Prize Draw

check out this fab candy here on Jules blog one lucky winner will be kitted out for crimbo

hugs

Lorraine xx

Pink Candy

Hi ladies the super talented Elaine has this amazing pink candy on offer so if your a follower and why wouldn't you be make sure to pop over to her blog for a chance to win this candy in honour of the pink ribbon cancer trust,

See you laters

Lorraine xx

Christmas Joy

Hi everyone I hope you all had a fab weekend mine was pretty quiet did a little more christmas shopping but thats about all.

I got this adorable stamp set totally free when I ordered my stamping card at Crafters companion as it was their birthday week and I really love it they are so easy to colour too and of course I used my promarkers.The papers are from papermania's vintage christmas and I have added fake stitching for a bit more detail then to finish I have embellished with card candy I am absolutely loving this stuff at the moment as you can probably tell.

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

Anything goes-Stitches

Charisma-Cutesy

Cupcake crafts-Textalicious

Forever friends-Something old,something new(old papers new stamps)

Lothian crafts-Christmas

OLLCB-Stitching

Papertake weekly-Anything goes

Passion for promarkers-A day at the zoo

Totally papercrafts-Stitch it

I hope you like it and thank you all for your loyalty and keep following me it means alot to me and i always welcome visitors if you follow me or not its still great that you pop by.

hugs

Lorraine xx

Oh 'Deer' Christmas Is Near

Hi everyone finally I get to post something its been one of those fortnights I have been christmas shopping all week its been a nightmare because I refuse to leave it to the last minute this year lol.

Anyways here is what I have to share with you all tonight,the stamps are from Kanban which I picked up at my local hobbycrafts you get the 2 deer and the big tree for £4.99 I have hand drawn the barb wired fence for extra detail,the background has been done using 2 distress inks faded jeans and Dusty concord on water colour card and I masked a circle for the moon so pretty simple really and I finished off with a greeting and some white card candy.

I think it turned out ok.

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

Cards for men-Animals

Crafters companion-Let it snow

Lothian crafts-Christmas

Papertake weekly-Anything goes

Thankyou for visiting me and have a great weekend

hugz

Lorraine xx

Still Here

Hi everyone just to let you know i am still around I have been visiting my family all week and spending quality time with my mum I have made a card today which I will hopefully be able to share with you tomorrow,I didn't make it on the crafters companion guest dt so hopefully next time I will.

Take care everyone

hugz

Lorraine xx

Happy Birthday Crafters Companion

Hello again all I thought I would let you all know that I decided to enter the Crafters Companion Birthday competiton the prize is massive the winner gets to be guest designer for 3 months and I would so love to win this one I love crafters companion anyway we had to make a card for their 6th birthday and send it in and this is the card I made it is 8x8 easel with an acetate wrap.I do hope they liked it the winners will be revealed this week so I have everything crossed,there is also a few runners up prizes too of £25 to spend in their online store.

I have used the popcorn bear birthday cd rom and chose to do decoupage I decorated the corners with beautiful flowers from wild orchid craft and hobbycraft,the paper is also from the cd and i have used a martha stewart punch,acetate,card candy,gems and ribbon to decorate so i did go the whole hog on this one I do hope you like it and you can see it clearly enought if not click on it for a bigger viewing.

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenge:

Bearly mine challenge-Easel does it

Well wish me luck and I will let you know how i get on good or bad

hugs

Lorraine xx

You Rock meets Steampunk

Morning sweeties how are you all on this beautiful sunny day(well it is here in the south of England at the moment).

Well here is the card I promised to share and I am kind of happy with it so I hope you all like it too,its not my usual girly pink and purples and I have even distressed the edges with a paper distresser too(first time I have done this).

The image is from Kenny K of course I just think he is so very talented I love his work,I have coloured her with promarkers the 'you rock' stamp is from an inkadinkado set,trim is from bo bunny and the cogs are from make it crafty which are chippies that i triple embossed with a copper embossing powder I love how they look when they are embossed.For a little extra detail I have added some card candi I am loving this stuff but I really have to thank Kath as I was lucky enough to win a whole store of them full of 13 boxes of loads of colours and over 400 in each so thankyou so much Kath.I am sorry but I am not sure where the paper is from as I won a massive stash of them from Elaine but I really loved how textured it looks.

I do hope you like this one as I was pleased with it and my other half liked it too.

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

Charisma-embossing

Creative inspirations-monocramatic

Fab n funky-distressed

fashionable stamping-coffee,cream,chocolate

Lothian crafts-Anything goes

Totally papercrafts-layer upon layer

Thanks for popping by and have a fantastic sunday

hugz

Lorraine xx

Love You

Hello peeps just a quick card to share with you.I think this image is so sweet it is from the garden fairies and fits nicely into the labels 7 dies I have coloured using promarkers,the letters are sizzix bug in a rug alphabet dies which i have glittered and i finished with ribbon,gems and did a little fake stitching to draw it all in.

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

Crafters companion-green and pink

Anything goes-to the letter

Charisma-embossing

I love promarkers-cute

Lothian crafts-Anything goes

Thankyou for visiting me and i shall have another card to share tomorrow which is a luttle different for me but i like the end result see you then

hugs

Lorraine xx

Quick Card For Bobunny Challenge

Evening all I hope you are all well,I decided to join in on the Bobunny sketch challenge this week and made this really quick contemporary christmas card all of the elements on the card are from Bobunny with additon of a little ribbon,glitterglue and gems.

I do have 2 more cards to share but today just seems to have flown by so I am hoping to share them with you tomorrow.

Take care all

hugs

Lorraine xx

Playing In Autumn Leaves

Hi everyone I thought I would pop in to share this quick Fall card with you I have used Popcorn bear kids cd rom and believe me when I say it took ages cutting around all those leaves lol i think a few loose ones didn't make it on the card lol but Sshhhhh no one need ever know the paper is also from the cd,i have used a martha stewart punch and card candy,glitter glue and ribbon to finish.

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

CES-Forever autumn

lolipop crafts-no sentiment

Lothian crafts-Anything goes

Paper sundaes-Fall

Rainbow ladys challenge-Falling leaves

RRRR-Fun 4 fall

Unstampabelles-fall

Thankyou for visiting me I have another 2 cards to share with you tomorrow they are still drying but i can tell you its back to stamping for those.

hus

Lorraine xx

Fab Competition Check This Out..........

Hello everyone there is a really great competition going on over at CREATIVITY LADY you could be the proud owner of this gorgeous double cd rom pictured above featuring artwork from Rachelle Anne Miller I have bee watching create and craft all week and there is so much on this set its a real beauty.There is a competition to win a set though so if you love cd crafting as much as I do then all you have to do is pop over HERE for all the details and them make a card with the beautiful free download they have given to all participants.

Here is my entry for the competition I am really sorry that the rest of my ribbon is missing from the picture but i had trouble scanning it in as I decided to make an 8x8 card I know massive for me lol.

I made up the beautiful decoupage and highlighted with a little glamour dust(ultra fine glitter) also on the sheet comes a border which I placed across the middle and you even get this cute sentiment which I placed at the bottom of my card.I made up some flowers using heartfelt creations posie dies added a gem in the centres,tied a double bow and finished with 2 pieces of card candy at the ends of the border.

I hope you like it.

A Card For Wild Rose Sudio Bloghop

Hello everyone here is a little card I have made for the Wild Rose Studio Bloghop. I got the papers free in the Papercraft essentials magazine it was a full 36 page pack with these adorable toppers included.I have used marianne poinsetta dies,circle and scallop circle nesties ,gems and a white gel pen for the greeting and faux stitching I hope you like it.

I also would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Allsorts-Bear with us

Anything goes-dies/punches

CES-Seeing red

Crafty cardmakers-Anything goes

Crafty creations-321

Forever friends-use a sentiment

Lollipop crafts-critters

Lothian crafts-Anything goes

Marianne Design Divas-bloom and grow

Polka doodles-handmade flowers

Thankyou for popping by

hugs

Lorraine xx

Have A' Boo'tiful Day!

Hello everyone so here is the first Halloween card from me this year,I have coloured this super cute witch with promarkers and the background square panels have been stamped with a background stamp I got from ebay.The sentiment is from Sweet Pea stamps and then to finish my card I have embellished with card candy and the little spiders have been drawn on with a fine liner pen.

Quite a simple card to make.

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

Charisma cards-black/orange

Creative card crew-spooky fun

Cupcake crafts-Halloween

Everybody art-Halloween

Lothian crafts-Anything goes

thanks for visiting me

hugs

Lorraine xx

Hi I am going to keep this one short as its getting rather late I have used a beautiful SWALK stamp set for this one and coloured her with promarkers again, I have made this card to enter into the Crafters Companion World cardmaking challenge I hope its ok.

Goodnight everyone

hugs

Lorraine xx

Bunches Of Love

Hello again here is a little one layer card I made this afternoon look at Souffle's sweet face I have coloured him with promarkers and simply stamped a greeting in the top left hand corner,as some of you already know this is a new look for me as i usually have things matt and layered but as they say its always good to try something new and here is the finished result.What do you think?

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

Crafters Companion-World cardmaking day

Crafty cardmakers-Anything goes

Lothian crafts-Anything goes

Stampin for the weekend-What a cutie

Thank you for visiting me

hugs

Lorraine xx

It's Your Day

Hi everyone I hope you are all well,tonight I have these little tags to share with you,the patterned stamp is from Waltzing mouse stamps,the sentiment is from Penny Black and the balloons are from a papermania set.The die is nestibilities labels 2 and I have glazed the balloons with glossy accents.

I have made these to fit in with the WaltzingMouse Sketch challenge I hope you like them.

I will have more to share with you really soon

hugs

Lorraine xx

Partridge In A Pear Tree

Hello again its cardmaking week and theres no stopping me lol,I thought this one would make a good male christmas card.I have put pictures of the inside and back of this one too so you get the feel for the whole card.

The stamps used are Partridge in a pair tree from creative expressions and there are 3 different pears in this set plus a large one so I used the three smaller ones and masked them before adding the partridge to the front.The leaves are also in the set which are great for framing an image,I then stamped my greeting and thought it would be nice to follow the foilage into the inside of the card.For the back I have used a martha stewart punch and stamp my created by stamp in the middle.

Do you like it.

I am entering this one into the following challenges:

The Stampman challenge-Pears

Stampalot challenge-Food glorious food

Stampin sisters in christ-Fruit

Crafty hazelnut christmas-Man or boy

Simon says stamp-Anything goes

Lothian crafts-Anything goes

Right thats me for one day its 1.15am so i think i shall watch a movie and then get some shut eye goodnight everyone

hugz

Lorraine xx

Celebrate With Popcorn

Good evening everyone I hope your all having a great weekend.Tonight I wanted to share this little card I made today I have been crafting mad all day lol.As some of you may know I just love Popcorn the bear so here he is celebrating with little Souffle bless them.

I have coloured them with promarkers,used a martha stewart punch,nesties labels 4 and circles and embellished with card candy and glitter.

I am entering this one into the following challenges:

Crafters companion-world cardmaking day challenge

Cute card thursday-Animal crackers

Lothian crafts-Anything goes

Simon says-Anything goes

Stamping for the weekend-what a cutie

ABC Challenge-Anything goes

Beary sweet-Free for all

thanks for popping by

hugz

Lorraine xx

1st Attempt At Steampunk For Zoe's birthday

Hello everyone well check me out not a pastel colour in sight and i think i went distress ink crazy lol.I made this card for Zoe at make it crafty as its her birthday.Well as some of my regulars know this is my very 1st try at steampunk and this image i adore so i hope there will be more to come.The image is from Krista's store creator of Simply Sassy I am so pleased I can get her images this way as its alot more affordable for me.The papers came wth a glimmer mist kit but were very pale so i have distressed them all with Antique Linen and Vintage photo.The image has been coloured with promarkers and the nesties used are scallop oval and ovals.The chipboard gears I heat embossed well triple embossed and they are from Make it Crafty and then I have finished with silver metallic card candy.

Would love to know what you think.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Creatilicious-Anything goes

Fashionable stamping-vintage

Fussy and fancy-try new technique

I love promarkers-get distressing

OLLCB=Punches/dies

Paper sundaes-Anything goes

Polka doodles-Distressing

Simon says stamp-Anything goes

Thanks for poping by to visit me

hugz

Lorraine xx

WHITE ON WHITE

Hello everyone

I hope you are all well.Today i want to share my attempt on a white on white card not something that I do very often but i think it turned out ok.

I have used this sweet little stamp from the Craft Stamper magazine which was a freebie a while ago and the beautiful sentiment is from whimsy stamps.The dies I have used are spellbinders fleur di lis and nesties circles,marrianne dies swirl die and heartfelt creations posies die.Also used are dotty embossing folder from cuttlebug,gems,ribbon and card candy which I was lucky to win a whole store full of beautiful colours this week on the very talented Kath and Buddy's blog thanks guys I love my prize.I have also used some diamond stickles too.

I hope you like it I had to put a piece of green card behind the card so you could see it better but there is no green on my card.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Polka Doodles-WHITE

wee memories-no patterned papers

CES-Embellish me more-card candy,ribbon,gems,glitter

Fab n funky-hard theme-white on white

Lothian crafts-handmade flowers

Marianne design divas-bloom and grow

OLLCB-DIES/PUNCHES

Simon says stamp-dies to die for

Thankyou for popping by to visit me today

hugz

Lorraine xx

I FELT The Need To Make This..............

A close up of the cushion

Hello everyone so over the weekend I decided to dive right out of my comfort zone and make this little tweet cushion purely out of felt I stitched two a4 sized pieces of brown felt together leaving a small gap so i could turn it in the right way and stuff it but with what i didn't have any proper filling so i had to think outside the box and opted for cotton wool balls lol and whats more funny it actually worked.I did decorate it first though using dies which actually cut beautifully in my bigshot.I then added some gems to give it a sparkle and a more luxury feel.The dies I used were Tim Holtz birdcage die,heartfelt creations posies and a cuttle bug mother die but i only used the little butterfly from that one.

would love to know what you all think.

Here are the challengs I am entering my cushin into:

Colour create-pink,brown,cream,white

Creatilicious-Anything goes

Creative inspirations-Anything goes

Cute card thursday-Anything goes

Die cut dreams-Flowers

Everybody art-flowers

Lothian crafts-homemade flowers

OLLCB-Dies/punches

Paper sundaes-felt

Paper play-punches/dies

Papertake weekly-things with wings

Simon says stamp-song-Birds of Paradise by The Pretenders

The crafty pad-Diamonds

Thankyou for visiting me a taking a look at my very 1st piece of home decor if you can call it that lol

hugs

Lorraine xx

I heard it through the Grapevine...............

Good afternoon everyone I hope you are all having a great weekend I feel a little down in the dumps today but I am sure it will soon pass I hope.

Today I thought I would share this card I made for the House Mouse Challenge I hope I make it in time.

I have water coloured the image with Le Plume markers onto watercoloured card and the paper is from an old Daisy and Dandilion pad from Papermania.The greeting is from a Hero Arts set,Flowers are made from a Heartfelt creations spellbinder die set and the pearls for the centres are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I have kept it quite simple so the eye is drawn mainly to the image.

I hope you like it.

I am entering this one into the following challenges:

House Mouse-Birthday

Cute card thursday-Anything goes

Die cut dreams-Flowers

Everybody art-flowers

Fab n funky-BINGO-flowers,sentiment,Die cuts

Paperplay-punches/dies

Simon says stamp-sing it-'I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE'by Gladys and the Pips

Sweet Stampin-Flowers

Top Tip Tuesday-Birthday

Lothian crafts-homemade flowers

Thanks for visiting me oh and as I have been typing I am feeling much better now so much so I am going to make a choccie fudge cake later.

Take care

hugz

Lorraine xx

Popcorn For Christmas

Hello everyone time to share yet another little christmas card with you all,I have decided to go with this gorgeous Popcorn The Bear 'All wrapped up for Christmas' I love this one and the image is lovely and big.I have used promarkers to colour him in and although hard to see all the fir trimmings have been glittered too.For the background I have heat embossed snowflakes and used Polar white flowersoft for the ground so it doesn't look like he is floating lol.

I would like to enter this one into the following challenges:

Crafters companion-christmas wishes

Charisma-inspired by a song-santa clause is coming to town

Crafty creations-Anything but square

Creative card crew-Anything goes

DYSU-Texture

Oldie but goodie-christmas in september

Paperplay-use 2 or more stamps-popcorn bear and snowflake

Papertake weekly-Anything goes

Saturday challenge-inspired by a song-santa claus is coming to town

Stamp something-Anything goes

The paper shelter-embossing

Thankyou s much for visiting me

hugz

Lorraine xx

The Elegant Peacock

Hi everyone I hope you are all having a wonderful start to the weekend.This is going to be a short post as I would like to enter this card into The CD Sunday Challenge and this week they want to see Peacocks so I used this beautiful topper from Joanna Sheens Jayne Netley Mayhew cd rom and teamed it with this gorgeous peacock feather paper from LLB paper pack.I have also used little gems,ribbon and a martha Stewart punch and the swirls are from a Marianne die set.

I hope you like it.

Thankyou for visiting me

hugz

Lorraine xx

Christmas With Humpfrey

Hello again omg I just love this new stamp how cute is Humpfrey and what more this stamp set was a free gift with Papercraft Essentials magazine.

I have coloured him with promarkers and highlighted the snow with crystal glitter I also used some red art glitter for Rudolph's nose.I have made this one quite simple and embellished with swirls from a marianne die set and some red pearls for the corners I hope you like this one.

I am entering him into the following challenges:

Crafters companion-christmas wishes

Charisma-Anything goes

Crafting when we can-Anything goes

Crafty creations-dies/punches

Creative card crew-Anything goes

DYSU-Friendly critters

Forever friends-use dies

I love promarkers-Anything goes

Marianne Designs Divas-Anything Marianne

Marks finest papers-bring on the bling

Papertake weekly-Anything goes

Thankyou for visiting me and for following me it means alot to me

hugz

Lorraine xx

Oriental Easel Card

Hello everyone I made this card about 8 days ago for a competition on Fee j Designs website but didn't want to blog it here until the results were in and I got second place which means I got to choose any cd rom from her website woohoo.She gives you the papers to download too and this month there is a real beauty.

All of the elements are from the free downloads and the theme was to add gold so I added some gold twine,mirror card and a greeting peel off.For the vase I made some flowersoft ferns too for added embellishing.

I hope you like it.

I would like to enter this one into the following challenges:

Top Tip Tuesday-Easel card

Thankyou for visiting me

hugs

Lorraine xx

Oriental Corner Bookmark

Evening all,

Don't you think that lately we don't see enough oriental projects or cards well I thought I would get this cutie out of my stash and use her as I have had her for ages and never used her,She has been coloured with promarkers,Papers are 7 gypsy sushi papers and I have used a martha stewart border punch for the bottom and an xcut flower punch to embellish with little red gems for the centres.

I hope you like it.

I am entering her into the following challenges:

Charisma-Anything goes

Creative card crew-Anything goes

Cute card thursday-punch

I love promarkers-Anything goes

Lexis creations-Oriental

Lothian crafts-handmade flowers

Passion for promarkers-Anything goes

Simon says stamp n show-Anything goes

Shabby tea room-birthstones-Ruby

Totally papercrafts-not a card

Totally gorjuss-As you like it

Thanks for visiting me

hugz

Lorraine xx

A CAS Tilda Christmas

Hello everyone I hope your all munching on those crunchies and getting that friday feeling,Today I have this little cas card to share with you.I was very lucky to win this stamp from Vicky's candy thanks hun she is my fave Tilda at the moment.I have coloured her with promarkers and stamped a greeting below her.I have stamped her onto an embossed card from a pack I got for christmas matted her onto some light brown card and added pearls and ribbon for detail.

I hope you like it.

I thought I could enter her into the following challenges:

Carisma-Anything goes

Crafters companion-christmas wishes

Fashionable stamping-ribbon/lace

I love promarkers-Anything goes

Paper sundaes-Magnolias

Passion for promarkers-Anything goes

Rainbow ladys-Embossing

Simon says stamp n show-Anything goes

Just magnolia-Anything goes

Stamping for the weekend-holidays

thanks for visiting me

hugz

Lorraine xx

Letraset Colouring Challenge

Evening all over at the Letraset set blog their new challenge was to print out this pattern and to colur it in any way you like using their marker pens so i thought i would give it a go using some bright summery colours.The winner of the challenge gets to choose one of the new promarker blending sets.

If you would like to have a go pop over here to their blog to get hold of the pattern.

Hugs

Lorraine xx

A one Of A Kind Birthday

Hello all just a short post to share one of today's makes with you.I got this image from my friend Vicky who kindly sent me loads f fab images with the candy I won on her blog a little while ago.I have coloured her with promarkers and wow her hair took me ages lol.I have highlighted the image with some stickles to add a little sparkle and used a clear sakura glaze pen on her lips.Papers are from papermania Red Hot Capsule collection,Sentiment is from a Hero arts set and the punches are Martha stewart.I also added a little lace across the middle too.

I would like to enter this one into the following challenges:

Bearly mine-bring on the bling

creative card crew-Anything goes

I love promarkers-Anything goes

Fashionable stamping-ribbon/lace

Marks finest papers-use lace

Passion for promarkers-Anything goes

Sarah hurley-bling/sparkle

Simon says stamp n show-Anything goes

Thankyou for visiting me

hugs

Lorraine xx

Daisy In Monochrome

Good evening Crafters I made this card yesterday and for the first time ever I challenged myself to colour the image in onl black and greys and guess what nothing went in the bin woohoo and for a first attempt I think I am quite pleased with it.The challenge on Sugar Nellies facebook page was to use Black and I think there is plenty here lol.I have used papers from Pink Paisley,promarkers to colour,black pearls from Wild Orchid Craft,Spellbinders fancy tags and a little organza ribbon for the bow.I have followed the sketch from The Sugar Bowl Challenge.Oops almost forgot I used Stickles glitter glue for the flowers and her jean pockets and a random greeting from my stash.

I hope you have all had a great weekend and like my latest creation.

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

Bearly mine-bring on the bling

Belles n whistles-Anything goes

Crafters companion-glitter/glitz

Fab n funky-Mono madness

Lothian crafts-Anything goes

Papertake weekly-Dies to die for

Sarah hurley-glitter and sparkle

The sugar bowl-Sketch

Totally gorjuss-As you like it

Thanks for visiting me

hugs

Lorraine xx

Faith Is The Bird That Feels The Light

Evening everyone a bit of a different type of card for me to share tonight I finally got this stunning Bird cage die and it arrived a few days ago and of course I was so excited when it arrived especially as it was a prize i chose from my Sir Stampalot voucher from Brenda at Floral Fantasies thanks huni.

Well I am sorry to say I am unsure of the papers as these also were a prize from the lovely Elaine thanks huni I love them so much.

I have distressed the bird with Antique Linen ink and added a small gem for his eye,gems were also used to decorate the birdcage.The sentiment is from a Sheena Douglas set that I also won lol.which has been stamped in vintage photo and distressed with Antique Linen.

omg the flowers and ribbon were also prizes wow this was the cheapest card I ever made the only thing i paid for was the card base wow.The leaves (I paid for the punch) have also been distressed with Antique Linen.

I would love to know what you all think.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Bearly mine-bring on the bling

Crafters Companion-Glitter/Glitz

Papertake weekly-Dies to die for

Sir Stampalot-Whateva you fancy

The ribbon girl-Ribbon

Thankyou all for visiting me today and I wish you all a great evening

hugs

Lorraine xx

MYSTERY CANDY

HI everyone over at all pink girl there is a fantastic candy and what makes it really fun is that its a mystery so go check it out who doesn't love surprizes.

See you soon xx

A Puppy Is For Life

Hello everyone tonight i have another christmas card to share with you all the image was kindly stamped for me by Lorraine (thankyou Lorraine I really appriciate what you did for me).I have coloured the image with promarkers and highlighted with glitter.The papers are from DCWV,snowflakes are a cuttlebug die and the rest was from my stash.I hope you like it.

I am enterig this one into the following challenges:

The Sugar Bowl-Sketch

Allsorts-Frames

Bearly mine-bring on the bling

Crafters companion-glitter/glitz

Crafty purple frog-Red hot

Craftyhazelnuts-Anything christmas

Everybody art-gifts

Fussy and fancy-celebrate

Lothian crafts-Anything goes

OSAAT-Bling it up

Stamp and create-critters

Stampin for the weekend-Holidays

The ribbon girl-ribbon

Thankyou for viewing my blog

hugs

Lorraine xx

Amy Has Mahoosive Candy

WOW go check out Amy's Massive giveaway lots of papers and stamps on offer plus she has a fantastic blog her style is like no other i love the bright colours she uses.

So pop over to Amy's Blog for your chance of winning

see you tomorrow xx