Roses, red.... and friendship....

This evening I have taken part in the Forest Swap VSN Challenge night for New Year's Eve, such fun.  This is the card I made for LJ's challenge, to use roses or red or rose bowl, you see she is a baseball fan, but I love roses.... here it is!!

Well it is red and it has roses on it.  I loved it and wrote the sentiment on it so that it would also fit in with the SCS I Spy Challenge this week hosted by my friend Lisa, so easy to know it is FRIENDSHIP.... and Lisa is giving free digis to anyone who makes a card, so go have a looksie at her blog and  then jump on over to the challenge post #4054 for this week's challenge and check out the rules in post #1 and and have a go!!! 

Hope you like it!!

LoveLaurenxx

Card Inspired by Childhood Special Person

Hi Everyone, Happy New Year to you all!!! It is a great start to 2012 for me!

Tonight I am taking part in the Forest Swap VSN to bring in the New Year.  Fantastic, crafting with friends from around the world. Darlene started us off at 8pm USA EST and asked us to make a card inspired by someone who gave us great memories from our childhood.

I made this card in memory of my Grandmother, she was someone who spent much special time with me, she taught me to knit and sew, gave me appreciation of the books and the garden.  I loved her dearly and miss her every day.



I made this card in cream, with an embossed background, a beautiful bow, lace flower, hatpins, pearls and a lovely silhouette image from SU.  My Grandma was elegant, always had lace and pearls, loved her garden  and always smelled of Gardenia or Rose.

Hope you have fond memories of your childhood.

LoveLaurenxx

Free For All Challenge - Make a Dress

Hello Everyone, Happy New Year's Eve, what are you planning on tonight??? I am going to sleep it in, it will still be New Year's Day tomorrow and I won't be so tired!!

Make a dress, well that's what the challenge said, I think anyway.  It was on SCS and I cannot get back online to make sure, but I did make a card anyway.

Ok, this is very feminine, I made a dress from the Sewing Room die, embossed it, chopped it a bit and put a lace skirt and a ribbon bow and some pearls. Ribbon and bow, butterflies, a floral decoration made from the die from MFT that Miss Lynn sent me as part of the Secret Santa (lucky me!!).

A little DTP on the flower to match ribbon and butterflies.  Used a hatpin  and it all came together well.

Miss Lisa will be so proud of me. You see it has pink √, ribbon √, flower √, butterfly √, hatpin √, Lisa will be ecstatic!!!

So there you go, hope you like it!!

LoveLaurenxx

Party Favour Box

Hi Everyone, I am on a roll today and this is my third post, so scroll down to check them all out!!!

This little favour box is a one sheet wonder and I made it with my little friend Beth in mind.  She is wild for cats, just adores them, so I thought I would make a party favour box that she would like and make them for her birthday party (I am sure her Mum will give her and her sister a party) in June.  I usually get an invite too, fun!!!

Isn't she gorgeous??? No not my idea, saw something similar a long time ago, and as usual, I did my version of it.  It was so easy to decorate with a handcut tail, half circle and a cat's face.  A little Crystal Ice Stickles to glam her up and she is done.  I make a closure with stick on velcro.

Made with just one sheet of A4 paper or cardstock, scored at 2", 5", 7" and 10", with cut at 11" along the longest side.  Score in 2" on opposite sides along the shortest side of the card/paper.

Hope you like her my Beth!!  Although I think I might have to make her in more pink to really make my little friend happy.

LoveLaurenxx

CASEing my friend Lisa!!

Hi Everyone, second post for today, so scroll down to see more after this post!!

Hi Lisa, do you recognise this??? It is a poor man's copy of your style of cards.  But you make them so so so much better than I do, even though you supplied the punched backing for this card!!! Oh well, practice it seems.

Oh Lisa and I took some hints from you about jazzing up my photos like yours, decorations are only everything eh??

This card will be entered into the Alphabet Challenge on SCS for this week, where the idea is to copy a card from the gallery.  This was so easy for me, I love Lisa's work.  Go check out her blog and I bet you will be blown away by her talent http://craftingcottage.wordpress.com/ oh and tell me if you are not impressed!!

LoveLaurenxx

Christmas Tags just like Tim Holtz but different....

I wanted to make something for my friends Julie and Helen (crafting buddies) because they really are so very kind to me.  While keeping my eye on the Tim Holtz 12 tags of Christmas, I thought what a wonderful idea for a keepsake for them both.  This is what I came up with.

This is a handcut chipboard tag, painted with Adirondak paint dabber Lettuce and stamped with pine trees in silver metallic pigment ink.  Christmas paper is torn and layered on with cream, then deep green and a christmas ribbon.  Noel is die cut chipboard, inked with silver metallic and frosted with Crystal Ice Stickles.

A handmade pointsettia, layered over punched fern fronds is snow tipped with Crystal Ice Stickles.  A hinged ring, decorated with ribbon scraps is attached to the bottom corner.

A flourish is die cut from an aluminium can (love recycling) and the baubles from scrap papers decorated with tiny pearls, rhinestones and tiny bows.

All of this is finished with a ribbon tie and bow with a stick pin inserted.  Then the whole thing is sprayed with a little pearl spritz with a little glue included to sprinkle glitter over.

I am really pleased with the result and the girls love them.

LoveLaurenxx

Giving Donna Handbag Envy

Hi Everyone,

Don't faint, yes this is my second blog for today!!  So please scroll down to see the other post.

I have been threatening to make some cute little handbags since Donna and Lisa tweaked my interest in them. Now I have Donna with Handbag Envy and Lisa is going to make some tomorrow.  I am so fired up about them I am making some other ones too.  So keep tuned!!

Both of these handbags were made from original templates from Becky at Inking Idaho. This one was quick and easy and I copied it as per the photos.  Really easy to make and I didn't even read the recipe. Very cute and big enough to hold a 3x3 gift card and some goodies.

This one was a little bit trickier as I made a couple of adjustments to the template and added the pretty corners and top trim.  I love this one, in my favourite colours.... I just love green and brown together. This one would hold a 2 x 3 card and many more goodies. 

Hope you like my first efforts at some gift card handbags, they are so cute.

LoveLaurenxx