Under the Sea

Hello everyone, welcome to my Cheery Lynn's inspirational.  

We have a new challenge starting tomorrow on Cheery Lynn Challenge blog and the theme is...
"Dollies"
The challenge gives you the chance of winning a $20 spend coupon to spend in the Cheery Lynn Store

Today's card I have used an image from Lill of the Valley I brought this stamp specially to go with these cute little seahorses.. I cut them out in Core'dinations card stock  

Most of my cards are 14.5 x 14.5 cm square.

I have used a 14.5 x 14.5 cm card  and distressed the edges in iced sprue distress ink.  Sand distressed the edges of the card, flower and the Seahorses.  

Here's a close up view of stamp

Copic Colours 

BG49, 15, 13, 11

E77, 74, 71

E43, 41, 40

E29, 25, 51

With the flower I inked and sanded the edges then added a large pearl brad.

The burlap ribbon came from The Ribbon Reel and the metal charm came from Ebay..

The design papers are Basic Grey. 

Family of Seahorses Judy's Blooms Mini Flourish One Core'dinations - Out to Sea Circle Classic Silver Stackers Cheery Lynn - XM Scalloped Circles

Cheery Lynn - A Little Message for you

Hi all, hope you are all having a fabbie Wednesday.. Why not take a look at the Cheery Lynn Challenge Blog and join in the weekly fun.. Our challenge for this week is "Sliver/and or Gold". You must use at least one Cheery Lynn Dies to enter and for the chance to win $20 to spend in the Cheery Lynn Store. 

On to my card today The Cheery Lynn Dies I have used are:

Build a Flower #1, Mini Fanciful Flourish, Fanciful Flourish, Miniature, Medium and Large Roses, Reflection Dies - Mini Pearl Square, Buttons 3, Sweet Williams.

A close up for the Build a Flower and Mini Fanciful Flourish.

I have used one of the Mini pearl squares to create a little tab for the sentiment.  Also in this picture are the Roses and part of the fanciful flourish (next size up from the mini flourish) I have used brads for the centres and distressed the edges with walnut satin ink. 

This is the Sweet William flowers (they are just gorgeous) for the centre of this flower I used one of the dimensional buttons with some string threaded through. Again the edges have been distressed.. The size of my card is 14.5cm x 14.5cm.. 

Other craft supplies 

Basic Grey papers, Lilly of the Valley Stamps, ribbon, string and brads.

Enjoy the rest of your day

Flowers

Good Morning all, hope you have had a good kick start to the week.  Over on Sweet Stamps we have the start to a brand new theme and this week we would like to see flowers or Mothers day.  

Our prize this week is a $20 spending spree in the Sweet Stamps store.  

Sweet Stamps Needed to create my Card 

Carnation (from in the garden stamp release)

Vertical Love Sentiment 

Cheery Lynn Coved Rectangle Stackers, Mini Butterflies with Angel Wings 

Creative Inspirations Paint - Tutu Pink for shimmer on butterflies 

Hope you like my card, please do pop over to Sweet Stamps and check out the other gorgeous creations from the design team. 

Anything Goes - Lets Ink it Up Challenge

Afternoon folks, hope you are having a nice and relaxing Saturday.  Mine so far hasn't been bad spent the morning catching up on my DT work.  Had a big tidy up in my make shift craft room so I am at lest back to some sort of normality. 

Its our first challenge of the New year over on Lets Ink It Up and our theme for this month is 

"Anything Goes" 

I used another new stamp from Lilly of the Valley that I got before Christmas.  I love this cute little girl and reminds me of Summer.  I have teamed her up with some Basic Grey Papers, Wild Orchid flowers, some gorgeous crochet flowers for my Mum (Thanks Mum), Scrim and crushed satin lace from the Ribbon Real.  

The sentiment also comes with the stamp I really like the font that has been used for the wording it just goes so nice with the stamp.  

Copic Colours

E44, 43, 41, 40 - R85, 83, 81 - E0000, 000, 00, R20 - E29, 27, 25, 31 

We are sponsor this month by 

and the prize is a Scor-Buddy and Mat. How cool is that... 

Easel cards ... My Favorite Challenge

Hello all, its Tuesday again and time for a new challenge over on Sweet Stamps and this week our theme is one of my favorite's 

Easel Cards 

The prize this week as always is a $20 spending spree in the Sweet Stamps online store.. 

So lets see all of your gorgeous cards. 

For my DT card I used another of my favorite stamps from sweet stamps called "Scarecrow 210" 

For my base I used Cheery Lynn scalloped squares , Basic Grey papers and stitched around the edges.  I also 3d the image to make this cute scarecrow stand out a little bit more.  

Copic Colours 

B99, 97, 95, 93

YG99, 97, 95, 93, 91

R89 YR31, 30 E00, R20

E44, 43, 41

YR15, 12

Supply List 

Sweet Stamps 

Scarecrow, corner stamp and Happy Birthday

Cheery Lynn 

XL Scalloped Squares and Large Leaves  

Spellbinders labels circle punch 

Basic Grey design papers 

buttons and cord from stash 

Magnolia Robin Hood - N for Navy + 1

Good morning all, well its Friday again.  I have been so busy this week I haven't had much time to craft :o( as I've been busy decorating our spare bedroom. At long last its finished all that's needed now is the flooring which I will be looking for at the weekend.  I must admit that it looks really nice the colour scheme I went for is dark purple and cream for the walls with chocolate, gold and beige for the furnishing.  

It was my Dad's 70th Birthday on Monday, I always find it hard to make cards for men I think its because you are so limited on the embellishments.  

I decided to go with the challenge theme over on 

ALPHABET CHALLENGE BLOG 

which is N for Navy + 1 . 

Also from this week onwards the challenge blog is changing from weekly to fortnightly so our next challenge will be Friday 19th August..

Thanks for looking today, I would also like to welcome my new followers I'm frilled that you like my creations and hope you will visit me often.. 

Happiness is in the Little Things - Anything goes Challenge 45

Good morning, hope all is well in blogland this fine morning.   

Over on 

ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE BLOG 

we have a new challenge for you 

and the theme is 

"More than one Fold"

so any creation as long as it has more than one fold.

The challenge runs from today Tuesday 12th July until Monday 26th July

Don't forget than the 

CRAFT DEN

 HAS A MEGA SALE STILL ON BUT IT MUST END SOON!! 

I decided to make an easel card for my DT card this time, I know, I know another easel card you say! but I just love making these little cards.  

I just adore the scalloped easels they are just so effective! but can be a bit awkward to make or were until I got a little pressie from the DH of a Grand Calibre and now they are a doodle!      

This little Tilda has to be one of my favourites and I've teamed her up with some new Molly bloom stamps that I got the other day.  Isn't the chick and snail just so cute! and again I have used a crochet flower that my Mum has kindly made for me, thanks again Mum, you're the best.

Here's a close up of the Chicken and you can just see the snail poking his head up at the bottom of the picture. 

and here he is! 

 I used a ton of copic colours on this card I had them stack up on my desk and I had to put them away so as I could finish the card lol.. 

Crafty supplies and Links 

Stamps 

Molly Bloom, Whimsy and Magnolias 

Cheery Lynn XL scalloped circle stackers

Magnolia Doohickey - Fence Die

Design Paper I think is Basic Grey - From the Craft Den

Copic's available also Craft Den 

Distress inks and Stickles 

Flowers, metal sentiment, metal butterfly from stash 

Martha Stewart - Butterfly punch From Craft Den 

Card Challenges I would like to enter 

The spotlight challenge - Masking

DDH Challenges - Summer 

I. Copic Challenge - Birthday 

Magnolia Link Party Monday - Use texture

Make it Monday - Anything goes 

Paper playtime - Summer 

Dream Valley - Summer theme

I did it creations - Floral 

Lollipop Crafts -Anything goes 

Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Summer Flowers 

Scrappy Frogs - Summer Flowers 

2 Sisters - Summer time fun 

Allsorts challenge - July long free and easy 

Craft your day away - Fancy Folds 

One stop Craft challenge - Summertime 

Totally Gorjuss - Summer time 

Wee Memories - Summer time 

The fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge - Must include an animal

Delightful Challenges - On the farm 

Rainbow Lady - In the country 

Crafts and Me - Favorite stamp or image  

TOMIC -  Make a scene (dimensional)

Sweet Stamps Botanicals Blog Hop

Good Morning, and today Sweet Stamps is hosting a blog hop to showcase the new stamps from our very own Jacqueline Hill, Jacqueline has created some fabulous floral images and let me tell you they are all absolutely stunning!

What you have to do is visit each team member's blog and collect a letter. Once you get all the letters, unscramble them to reveal a word. Then return to the Challenge blog and leave a comment with the answer. 

We will be awarding a first place prize of your choice of 6 stamps from the new release and a second place prize of your choice of 4 stamps from the new release. We will also be awarding random prizes of rubber stamps chosen from the readers who comment on each member's blog so be sure to leave some love. Blog Hop winners will be announced on Monday, June 27th before our next challenge. Start your hop with Jacqueline's blog and continue through the team.

Jacqueline Hill
Bonnie Brown

Jacki Randolph
Dawn Bennett

Tamara Morton
Dawn Lotharius
Jeannie DeGruccio
Joni MastronardiKendra Sand
 Sandy Hulsart
 

And don't forget to return to the Challenge blog and leave your answer as a comment. 

Good luck and happy hopping!

The letter you need from my blog is..... 

The stamp I chose to use is called 

"Millie's Teapot Bouquet" 

This image are so lush I had a hard time choosing the stamp I was going to use.  So I did a process of elimination to help me choose.   

Crafty Supplies and Links 

Stamps and supplies from Sweet Stamps (links below)

Millie's Teapot Bouquet 

Bloom where you are planted 

With Love 

Cheery Lynne Inverted Circle XL Dies 

Marianne Design - LR1033

Basic Grey papers - Sweet Threads 

Lemon Raffia Ribbon

Flowers, Metal ribbon slider and crochet hat from stash 

Copic Colours 

Flowers 

R17, 14, 12

BV25, 23, 20

G99, 94, 85

Y02, 00, 000

C7, 5, 3, 1, 0, 00

I Miss You! Challenge 59 Craft your Passion - Let it hang

Good morning, hope you all had a good weekend! Mine was very quiet and relaxing so lots of time for crafting, I used one of Kenny K images for the first time, now I'm hooked!!

Over on 

CRAFT YOUR PASSION 

our challenge and theme for this week is 

"Let it Hang" 

and that means anything hanging from your project like a charm or something hanging off the edge. 

We are sponsored this week by 

Kenny K downloads 

Like I said above this is the first time using Kenny K images, I have wanted to for a while now but just not got around to it... (shame on me!)

These are such fun to colour and are just so sassy!! I used Tattered Angels glimmer mist to create a slight shimmer to the whole card. 

Sorry not sure of the copic colours the boots and bikini are coloured using BV colours and hair R colours. If I remember I shall update later.  

I used a few new dies that I brought over the weekend both are from Magnolia Doohickeys, the label and heart branch.  

Crafty Bits & Bobs 

Image Kenny K downloads (see above for link)

Basic Grey papers

Dies 

All Magnolia Doohickeys

Label, heart branch and Doily

Flowers ~ Wild Orchid and Mulberry crafts UK

Fond leaf punch ~ Martha Stewart

Raffia Lace ~ Bunny Zoe's 

Charm ~ The Ribbon Girl

Tim Holtz ~ charm attachers 

Metal Corner and pearls from Stash 

Copic Sketch markers 

Card challenges I would like to enter

Creative Inspirations Paint ~ Bling 

I did it Creations ~ Anything Goes 

One Stitch at a time ~ Bling it on

Sparkles Forum ~ Something Metal (Charm and Metal corners)

2 Sisters ~ Use a digi

CES Challenge ~ Embellies 

Wee Memories ~ Stamp it

Card Makin Mamas ~ Recipe 

Crafts 4 Eternity ~ Flowers, Ribbon, bling 

Crafty Catz ~ Anything goes 

Inspirer me Friday ~ Anything goes 

CCEE Stampers ~ Anything goes 

Paper Play ~ Sparkle 

Rainbow Lady ~ Flourishes 

Southern Girls ~ Lace and Pearls (Raffia Lace)

Crafts and Me ~ Anything goes 

Belli Challenge ~ Anything with an S ( Sliver charms and Sliver corners)

Penny's Paper Crafty ~ Anything goes 

Simon Says Stamp ~ Sparkle and Shine

Truly Scrumptious ~ Anything goes and DT call 

Thanks for visiting today, if you have the time please leave a comment and I promise to come by and visit you.