January 2015 - My Handmade Life

31 Jan 2015

Being In Love xx

Posted by Lynda on 23:00 in

I Love Crafty Sentiment designs so I was very naughty sand bought a few, I made the card below with Isobel - Petal Fairy.

Crafty Sentiments Designs: Isobel Petal Fairy

Work & Play 9 Love & Kisses - Full Download Bundle

Memory Box Die: Precious Hearts

Memory Box Die: Grand Hearts

Kraft Card

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:

http://craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ Love, Valentines Day
http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Love
http://fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Something with a heart
http://www.trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Valentines Day/Love
http://stampinroyalty.blogspot.co.uk/ Love/Valentines
http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.co.uk/ Love Me Do

30 Jan 2015

Wild Child

Posted by Lynda on 14:57 in Brown Sugar Challenges,

Hi,

Check out the new challenge over at Brown Sugar here

Theme: Use three embellishments

Our sponsor is the one and only

http://buysassystudiodesigns.blogspot.co.uk/

Digi stamp is called Jungle Jane Sassy

Have Fun

Lynda xx

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges

http://papercreatorscrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes
http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Make your own background
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/ Facets of Crafting - Pearl gems.

29 Jan 2015

Color challenge

Posted by Lynda on 11:19 in

Hi, Pop over to Lia Stampz today for the start of a fantastic new challenge.

http://liastampz.blogspot.co.uk/

Theme: Color Challenge

The digi stamp I used to make the card below is called Lily and you can buy her here

Have fun

Lynda xx

I'm going to enter this card into the following challenges

http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes

http://digistamps4joy-sa.blogspot.co.uk/ (Heart, Free, Pearl)

http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/ Anything Goes

27 Jan 2015

A little bit of Blue

Posted by Lynda on 09:00 in Digi Choosday,

Hi xx

Over at Digi Choosday we have another lovely challenge this week.
http://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/

Theme: Blue

The digi stamps is called Octavia Thinking and you can buy her here

Until I joined this design team I never used digital products (except digi stamps) I always thought digi elements wouldn't look nice. How wrong I was. The frame and the background paper are from the Picknix 1 Home Grown collection. I especially love how realistic the frame looks, all I did was print and cut .. simple!! You can buy this collection here

Have fun

Lynda xx

Im going to enter this card into the following challenges

http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ Always anything Goes
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.ca/ Anything Goes
http://cagichallenge.blogspot.ca/ Ribbon and Bows

24 Jan 2015

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Posted by Lynda on 11:00 in Open-Minded Crafting,

We are half way through are current challenge at Open Minded Crafting :-) http://open-mindedcraftingfun.blogspot.co.uk/

Theme: Movie Inspiration.

Our sponsors are:

I used a digi from Sassy Studio called Mary Poppins, you can buy it here.

The background papers are from Monbonbon on Etsy and you can buy them here

Have fun

Lynda x

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes

http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/ Anything Goes

20 Jan 2015

An old fashioned romance!

Posted by Lynda on 08:00 in Digi Choosday,

Over at Digi Choosday I have made a Anniversary card for this weeks challenge.

The theme: Love and Romance.

I used two collections to make this card. The first is from the Winston Collection, the image comes as a pre- colored one or in black and white. I used the pre-colored one :-) You can buy it here

The background papers and heart embellishment is from the Love will flourish wedding stationary collection and you can buy that here

Have fun

Lynda xx

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges

http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes
http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ Hearts
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Love
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Hearts
http://cupcakeinspirations.blogspot.co.uk/ Cupcake Inspiration

love is all around

Posted by Lynda on 08:00 in Try Stampin' On Tuesday,

Over at Try Stampin' On Tuesday we have a lovely challenge this week.

The sketch to follow is:

This is the card I created:

The digi stamps are a set called Critters and Clogs unfortunately the company has closed and I cant remember their name if you can remember please comment below.

The background paper is from My Mind's Eye Love me collection.

I used glassy accent on the hearts to give them dimension and then whilst it was still wet sprinkle them with cosmic shimmer glitter.

I had so much fun with this one and I hope you enjoy this weeks challenge

Lynda xx

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges

http://stampedblessings.com/ Hearts
http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Love is all around
http://qkrstampede.blogspot.co.uk/ Cupid

16 Jan 2015

Birthday girl x

Posted by Lynda on 09:00 in Brown Sugar Challenges,

Morning all x

Over at Brown Sugar challenge we have another amazing challenge for you to play with.

Theme: Birthday Girl

Our sponsor is the so cute you should check out her shop on etsy

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MilkCoffee?ref=pr_shop_more

The digi I used for my card by Milk Coffee is called Tiffany and Birthday Cake

Ingredients

Sentiment digi is by Polka doodles

Colored using Spectrum Noir pens.

Background paper: Kaisercraft Tea party pad

Have Fun

Lynda xx

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges

http://creativeknockouts.blogspot.co.uk/ Birthday

http://www.dreamweaverstencils.blogspot.co.uk/ Birthdays

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes

13 Jan 2015

Less work, more Play................... and music!!

Posted by Lynda on 08:00 in Digi Choosday,

Over at Digichoosday the challenge theme this week is; January Birthday.

I love the new Work and Play collection 8 so I decided to use it for this weeks challenge. It's great value for money just look at what you get:

The background papers, digi and sentiment stamp are all from this collection and you can find it as a digital download here or it's available on a cd here.

Have fun

Lynda

xxx

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges

http://craftcreatoins.blogspot.co.uk/p/new-challenge.html Anything Goes

http://lauralcraft.weebly.com/dragonfly-dreams-challenge whats you favorite color? (Pink)

http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Include some pink

12 Jan 2015

New Beginnings, New Ideas

Posted by Lynda on 08:00 in Get Creative Challenges,

Morning :-)

This week at the theme is: Get Creative Challenge is: Celebrate Something New e.g home or baby.

Our wonderful sponsor is;

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/AngiesDigiStamps?ref=l2-shopheader-name

I made this cards using the B utterly On Toadstool digi stamp https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/201203246/butterfly-on-a-toadstool-digital-stamp?ref=shop_home_active_12

Background papers: My Minds Eye, Vanity Fair

Have fun

Lynda xx

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges

http://www.withoutwordschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Dreaming of Spring
http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.ca/ New Beginnings
http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.co.uk/p/rules.html New beginnings
http://frillyandfunkie.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes

10 Jan 2015

New Years Resolutions

Posted by Lynda on 08:00 in Open-Minded Crafting,

Hi all,

As you might know this is my first post for Open-Minded Crafting yay!! :-)

Which means we are halfway through out current challenge New Years Resolutions - more details here

We have great sponsors for you which include:

I always made new Years Resolutions but never stick to them (im sure you know what I mean lol) so I made a card to reflect this,

This is the card I created:

Ingredients

Image Zuri Artsy Crafts; Donna

Background papers by Craftworks: Paper Couture

Colored using Spectrum Noir pens

Die cut is Marianne Craftables

Lynda xx

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges

http://zuri-artsy-craftsy.blogspot.co.uk/ Free

http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.co.uk/ New Beginnings

http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes/New beginnings

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes

http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Always Anything Goes

6 Jan 2015

Saying thankyou.....

Posted by Lynda on 08:00 in Digi Choosday,

Over at Digichoosday http://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/ we have another lovely challenge for you.

Theme: Thankyou.

I decided to do something a little bit different and I wanted to make a thankyou card for the health care professionals that seem to undervalued (and unpaid) but do such a fantastic job.

The digi (Ben wheelchair) and the beautiful digi papers are from the Work and Play 6 collection that is available here on cd or here as an instant download. More details on my blog.

The bow which I cut in two to make a tab is from the Winston collection and is available here on a cd or here

Thankyou taking a look and good-luck with the challenge

Lynda xx

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/ Favourite embellishments (Hessian and Twine)
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes
http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Pre coloured digi stamp