Lynne's Craft Haven

Morning Everyone,

I hope you had a good weekend.  I had a little play and this is what I came up with.

I used a LOTV digi image called Bunny Blooms and coloured him with copics.  I've added two tiny butterflies from a punch, twine and paper from stash.  The sentiment is from WPlus9 which I have layered with white and green.

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Morning Everyone,

A new challenge starts over at Allsorts today where Sarah is the host and the theme is "Add ribbon or a bow" as well as Anything Goes.

                                                                

A new challenge is starting at Allsorts today and the theme which has been chosen by Brenda is Autumn. and there is always Anything Goes too.

For my card I have used a digistamp from LOTV which I bought in a bundle in one of their offers.  I have coloured him and the leaves with copics.  The papers are all from an old LOTV pad and I have added twine and the sentiment from my stash.

Prizes are from Stamp Addicts and a gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp

                     

Morning Everyone,

I hope you're having a good week.  Today is the start of a new challenge at As You Like It  and we are asking whether you prefer your cards to be layered or flat and don't forget to say why please.

 Morning Everyone,

There is a new challenge starting over at As You Like It and we would like you to share your favourite fun fold.

I don't make many fun folds so when I do it is usually an easier one like this z-fold. I don't think I'd have the patience for more complicated ones.

For my card I have used an image from an old art pad from LOTV and stamped with a sentiment from a Penny Black set.  I have then cut it out with a Spellbinders arch die and layered up with beige coloured card.  The flowered paper is also from an old LOTV paper pad.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

Morning Everyone, 

A new challenge starts today over at Allsorts where the theme, as chosen by Gail, is Romance with the option of Musical notes/instruments and there is of course always the Anything Goes route too. 

                                   

    

I would like to enter:

Simon Says Stamp Weds  - Anything Goes                                                                                                            

Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

I hope you can join us this fortnight and I look forward to seeing your entries.    Have a good weekend.

Lynne x  

 Morning Everyone,

I hope you've had a good weekend.  Too cold for me to be doing much but I think it's going to warm up a bit this week. I am sharing a card made over the weekend with a digi stamp from LOTV.

I have coloured the cute image with copics and cut the image out with a stitched rectangle.  After a search through my papers I settled for a yellow and green plaid, which I think is from MFT, and a blue ribbon.

A very simple layout, but I do like how it has turned out.  I have used the rubber stamp of this image before, but I wanted it to be a bit larger this time so used the digi instead.

I would like to enter:

Morning Everyone,

We have our first challenge starting over at As You Like It and we're asking you to share a project using your favourite paper brand.

I still love my old LOTV 8" paper pads.  They all co-ordinate well and are much easier to use than 6" papers.  I do have a lot of their snippets though hence my patchwork card.  I've used a Textures die by Lou Collins for the white outlines and stuck that onto a piece of copy paper and then used snippets of three patterned papers to cut as many hexagons as I could.  Then comes the placing of all the pieces to try and make sure I don't put the same patterns next to each other.  Once they're all in place and I'm happy they all have to be glued in so it's not a quick process.

I've used my Clearly Besotted frame dies to surround the patchwork and an old Spellbinders sentiment die.

The challenge is just for fun this time so no sponsor.

I would like to enter:

 Morning Everyone,

A new challenge is starting over at As You Like It and we would like you to showcase a project using your favourite of either ribbon or twine.

I do use both, sometimes twine for more masculine cards, but I much prefer ribbon for the style of card I've made for this challenge.  I have used an old art pad image from LOTV and papers from Pion Design, which have been distressed and my sewing machine has come out to play again .  I must say it's a lot quicker than stitching by hand which is how I used to do it.

A short and sweet post today. You can pop over to the challenge here to see the inspiration from the DT.

I would like to enter:

Paper Funday challenge - Anything Goes

Have a good day,

Lynne x

 Hello Everyone,

I hope you've had a good weekend.  It's been such a miserable day here today I've been having a play in the craft room and managed to get two cards finished.

I have a basket of unused stamps and after having a search through it I thought I would colour this stamp up.

It's from a rubber set by LOTV called North Pole and I haven't used any of them!  The stamp isn't that big so the finished card is a C6 size.  I have coloured with copics to match the little snippets of paper top and bottom and used my mini scalloped die to edge the image and a red mat for the whole thing.  Liquid pearls and glitter have also been used.

I would like to enter:

Morning Everyone, 

I hope you are all well.  We're just getting over anotthr bout of Covid in our house for the second time and just beginning to come out of it now.

I haven't felt like crafting much but did manage to make this simple card for the new challenge over at   As You Like It where we would like to see your favourite of either layered or flat projects.

 Morning Everyone,

A bit late with my post today.  I've had to do this on my laptop this morning and it always takes me longer as I'm not used to using it.

Today is the start of a new challenge over at As You Like It and we're asking for your favourite sketch.

I don't very often look at sketches but this is the layout I use when I have a bout of brain fog and stuck for an idea.  It uses up some of my patterned paper of which I have way too much!

For this card I've used a LOTV floral wreath and coloured with copics.  The sentiment comes with the image and the papers are a digi download from ages ago from Nitwit collections (I think so anyway). 

The sponsor for the challenge is:

Good Morning All,

Today is the start of a new challenge over at the Cutie Pies  and the theme is "Digis and Die Cuts".

 Good Morning Everyone,

Today is the start of a new challenge at The Cutie Pies and the theme is "Think Pink".

When I saw the theme I had to have a think who I could make a pink card for and came up with my niece.  Her birthday isn't until next year so I am way ahead on this one, which is good as I have quite a few birthdays early on in the year.

I used two little fairies from LOTV, added the sentiment on the computer and also looked for a free digital no. 4 on Pinterest, which I have paper pieced.  I've coloured the fairies and stars with copics and also added sparkle by way of a pen to the wings and the stars, but as usual you can't see it very well in the photo.

I hope you can pop over to the challenge and see the inspiration from the rest of the DT and remember any entries must be cute.

I would like to enter:

 Morning Everyone,

We have a new challenge starting at As You Like It and we are asking you whether you prefer to use florals or gingham on your projects.  For me it is definitely floral.  I do use gingham now and again, but I have so many pretty floral papers and the majority of my cards are sent to the female gender so they are much more suitable for my needs.

with a voucher for the lucky winner.

I would like to enter:

The Corrosive challenge - Anything Goes

Simon Says Weds - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - Summer Flowers/Anything Goes

PIP challenge 2329 - Anything Goes

Passion for Markers - Summer in Full bloom

We look forward to seeing your entries and you can pop over to the challenge here to see the lovely inspiration from the rest of the team.

Thank you for visiting and have a good day.

Lynne x

  

Morning Everyone,

We have a new challenge starting over at The Cutie Pie challenge where the theme is Dads and/or Lads and, of course, cute.

I have used a pre-coloured image from LOTV and papers from stash to match.  The sentiments are from the teenage boys sentiments, also from LOTV.  Two dots made from the paper and glossy accents.  A simple card, but I do like the colours.

I would like to enter:

Morning Everyone,

I hope you are all ready for the heatwave we are due to have here in the UK.  I don't like it too hot so today will most likely be a day indoors for me.

I have made a card for my grandson's birthday using a LOTV image.

This is a large C5 size card as I like to make family cards a little bit larger than normal.  

I have coloured the image with copics in colours to match the papers and added a computer generated sentiment.  The numbers are small ones from X-cut.  I made the two dots in the same green paper and lathered them with glossy accents.

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Morning Everyone,

I was asked recently to make a few Easter cards for a stall at a monthly market and this is one I came up with.