Tutorial at Last.....

So finally I got my Why Not Make It Wednesday Tutorial edited and uploaded.... have had parents evenings, meetings etc this week and so have been really busy with family... hope you think the wait is worth it. I decided to show you how easy it is to make Embellishments out of Drink Cans, I did get DH to cut the top and bottom off for me as I am a liability when it comes to cans and sharp edges.... I also played around with the images on the video afterwards to get colours I liked more, but I was very conscious of how boring it would be watching me mess around on screen. I also think I got a better angle, although at one point you do see one of my cats walk along underneath my arms, luckily when it walked across my desk the camera did not pick it up.... ha ha...

And I have been dying to make a Tim Holtz type rose for ages and thought it would be ideal for using on the card I made using a tin embellishment... I did make a much grungier one using grungepaper, but it didn't really fit with the card, so it is sitting on my desk at the moment with all the children trying to nab it for various projects.... maybe I will need to show them how to make their own.

I did bling up the rose and the butterfly with Stickles Star Dust, you can just about see it on the rose but not on the butterfly, it really does sparkle in real life...

For the Card I used Basic Grey Wisteria papers and Elegant Eggplant, Sage Shadow, Almost Amethyst and Very Vanilla Stampin' Up! Cardstock, along with Very Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon, also from Stampin' Up!. I have all the Stampin' Up! colours of cardstock and find that normally they will match with all the papers I have whether they are Stampin' Up! or not, so really pleased about that as it is good quality cardstock. Anyway, guess you are here coz you want to see the video, so here it is...

Hope you enjoyed it.... have a great weekend... xx

What Would Jesus Do?

Yet another card made for my monthly order, this time I have used some of the Faux Buttons that I made and showed you in my video tutorial....

For this card I used Elegant Eggplant Ribbon, Taken With Teal, Elegant Eggplant, Real Read, Sage Shadow and Whisper White Cardstock. The Lace Border Punch was used to make the scallop edge and the Patterned Paper is from the Spiced Cider set...

Hope you like it... dont forget to enter my colour challenge #3, the link is in the left hand side Column, under Tackle it Tuesday.... have a great day all xx

Tackle It Tuesday Colour Challenge #3

Right, it is Tuesday fortnight and time to draw my Colour Challenge #2.....

And this is you Donna..... thank you very much for taking part in my Challenge, I will be putting a little bag of goodies together for you. Please could you contact me at LindaLloyd@gmx.net with your address please and it will be winging its way to you shortly...

On the this fortnight's Colour Challenge, have picked the following colours because I thought they went well together, haven't quite managed to get the colours looking right, but the names are underneath so that should help a bit.... and here they are....

If you dont have the Stampin' Up! Colours just pick something similar, you will find that the Pretty in Pink and Sage Shadow are slightly darker than shown (not sure what happened to the colours after I had done them)..... anyway, here is my attempt for this fortnight...

Have not used all SU stash, I used a couple of Martha Stewart Punches and a Verve Sentiment Stamp.... the other stash is Rose Red, Sage Shadow, Basic Black and Pretty in Pink Cardstock, To The Nines Speciality Paper, Pretty in Pink Taffetta Ribbon and Rose Red and Pretty in Pink Brads....

and here is the inside of the card...... again Pretty in Pink and Rose Red Cardstock along with Basic Black, and the To The Nines Speciality Paper.... the white shape is a Nestabilities Label Die.

I would love to see you take part in my challenge this fortnight, I love some inspiration for my cards and there will again be a little goody bag for the winner who will be picked out randomly. Unfortunately I cannot ship the prize to anyone outside of UK or Europe, but if you live elsewhere, please still post your cards on here as we would all love to see them, and a challenge is a challenge with or without a prize....

Dont forget to check back tomorrow for my Why Not Make It Wednesday Tutorial.... just need to get it edited now.....

Have a good evening all, I am going to post this quickly before I lose it again, had typed it up earlier, lost my internet connection and lost the post....

Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge

I do like the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenges they actually make me get off my butt and do something. Here is this weeks sketch...

and below is my interpretation of it.... and it is the first card I have made in my newly organised craft area.... woohoo...

I have used SU stash, Pink Flamingo Patterned Papers, Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Summer Sun, Sage Shadow and Whisper White Cardstock. The little blue button from the Button set, the Black and White Gingham Ribbon and the Black and Very Vanilla Striped Ribbon... The sentiment is from Verve Stamps and the little pearls are from my stash. The scallop edges were punched using the SU Scallop Border Punch....

Hope you like, will be back tomorrow with some more cards... have a great evening all xx

Stamp Set for Haiti

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Thought I would let you know that Stampin' Up! are supporting the Red Cross for helping out Haiti after their devestating earthquake. Stampin' Up! US packed boxes of much needed stuff and shipped it out to Haiti very shortly after the earthquake, and are now donating money from the sales of certain Stamp Sets. In the UK the Stamp Set is Greenhouse Garden and here are my efforts using this Stamp Set.

This is a little tag I made using More Mustard, chocolate Chip, Whisper White and the Speciality Designer Paper To The Nines...

And here is the card I made, again using More Mustard, Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip and Always Artichoke, the little leaves you can see come from the Saleabration Set Good Neighbours.

And here they are both together, would make a lovely card with matching card, maybe for Mother's Day...

and as is the norm this week I have decorated the inside of the card to match the front....

So if you would like to buy this set it is £22.95 and Stampin' Up! are donating £1 for every set sold.... for every 4 sets I sell until the end of February I will raffle off 2 Saleabration Sets which means you have a 50% chance of winning a set of your choice.... everytime I sell 4 sets I will put the 4 names into a hat and pick out 2 of them.... the 2 people can then pick a Saleabration set... and on top of that I will also donate an additional £1 to the Red Cross Fund for Haiti.... can't be bad.... Just contact me on LindaLloyd@gmx.net for more information.

Have a great evening all, take care xx

A Little Bag....

Whilst at training last Saturday we made a little bag which would hold love notes or something small like that. Well I finished my little bag off at home but decided to add a little notebook to it.

The notebook has quite a few pages and was made using normal white paper and making a cover to match the little bag.

It ties up nicely using the Linen Thread. The Cardstock used is Sage Shadow, Elegant Eggplant and Pale Plum. the stamp set that I used to stamp on the bag is the Saleabration Set Vintage Tags. The little clip used to attach the label is from the Clips Set from Stampin' Up! and the ribbon is the new Whisper White Satin Ribbon and you get tons on a roll.

Below shows you just how well it fits into the little bag, The perfect little gift for a friend or just to show someone you care.

Off to weightwatchers this evening, just need to shift the extra weight I put on at Christmas... dont want to put the 5 stone back on that I lost last year, so have to keep myself in check. Not sure I have lost anything this week, but we shall see....

Have a great evening all xx

MoJo Monday Challenge

I thought I would try entering a challenge a day, well we shall see how we go.... so todays challenge is the MoJo Monday Challenge and you can find it here.

I used Rose Red Patterned Paper and the new To The Nines Speciality Patterned Paper both from Stampin' Up!, Chocolate Chip, Rose Red and Sage Shadow Cardstock and Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon. The sentiments were both computer generated and the little flowers were cut in Sage Shadow Cardstock with the Boho Blossoms Punch. Hope you like it..

Cya soon xx

Update and a card at last....

Hi all, life has once again taken over... my grandson who is 5 weeks old today was admitted to hospital Wednesday evening, he has been projectile vomiting and is not gaining weight, he has in fact only put on 1.5lb since he was born. His grandad (on his dad's side) had the same problem as a baby and needed an operation to right it, it is hereditary so is possible this is what my grandson has.... so Wednesday night they had a Surgical Team and a bed on standby in London, but typically, after being put on a drip stopped being so sick, so was sent home yesterday evening with medicine and an ultrasound appointment for 2 weeks time. Unfortunately overnight he started being sick again and out of 5 feeds, he projectile vomited 3 times and in the end was continually crying as he was so hungry, my poor daughter has not slept in days. Today he went back to hospital and as I type he should be having his ultrasound scan, depending on what they find depends on what happens next, she is moving from hospital to hospital at the moment as the scan as it a different hospital to where he was admitted. My other grandson who is 17 months old thinks he lives here at the moment, and he is also not very well (those awful colds going around at the moment) and really needs mummy and daddy at a time like this, but he is enjoying playing with my 6 and 8 year old, and daughter is happy he is worn out when he goes home... so fingers crossed that if there is anything wrong they will see it on the scan, if not, that he will stop being sick and start gaining weight....

Finally got around to making a card today, but only a simple one as I left my 16 year old in charge of my grandson whilst I did it... Recipe:- Patterned Paper - Stampin' Up! To The Nines Speciality PP. Cardstock - Stampin' Up! Sage Shadow, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White. Stamp Set:- Season of Joy, Circle of Friendship, Trendy Trees. Punches:- Stampin' Up! Scallop Circle, 1 3/8" circle, 1" circle, Eyelet Border. Misc:- Stampin' Up! Dazzling Diamonds, Glue Pen.

And here is what it looks like opened....

Hope you have a great evening girls... xx

A Couple of Things For You Today.....

Yep, thought I would treat you with a couple of things today, first a card I made which I adapted so would be suitable for 2 challenges at once, and the little image folder that I made for my downline.



So firstly the image folder, I used the new stamp set Good Friend, and the new Perfect Plum Patterned Paper, also Elegant Eggplant Cardstock and the new Pumpkin Pie Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, I also used Stampin Up Brads, and Stamp Set for the For You.

I used DL sized Vellum envelopes for the pockets, cut them in half and then punched the tops with the new eyelet border punch. I then punched more Perfect Plum PP with the tab punch to make little tabs for the tops of the pockets. I then finished off by stamping some images to put in the pockets and posted them out to my 5 downline. But the creating didn't stop there, I made some little folders to post out the image folders in, but I thought that as everyone would rip them over I would use some of my retired Stampin Up Patterned Paper along with Sage Shadow Cardstock and here are the finished projects waiting to be posted.

The above photo was the front and I just stuck an address label on the patterned paper, again I used the eyelet border Stampin Up Punch.

And the above photo is the back of the CD folder, I used the scallop border Punch and Grey Taffeta Ribbon.

My next project was a Get Well Soon Card, for this I used my Whiff of Joy Stamp as I thought it was really cute with the angel blowing kisses, I thought these could be get well kisses....


I used Glorious Green and Pumpkin Pie Cardstock and Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon, I also used the Sincere Salutations Stamp Set for the Get Well Soon sentiment, although I did use the Stamp a ma jig to shuffle the writing around a bit so it would fit into a circle punch. And as with all my cards I decorated the inside to match....

If you would like details of any of the items I have used or would like to purchase any Stampin Up items, then just drop us a line at LindaLloyd@gmx.net and I will do my best to help you out.

Take care everyone, have a great weekend.

K Werner Colour Challenge.....

So here is this weeks K Werner Colour Challenge.


And here is my take on it, I have had to use Sage Shadow instead of Baja Breeze as the UK does not have Baja Breeze (unfortunately... all the colours we dont have are so lush)...





For this card I used all the colours above, A Rose is A Rose Stamp Set, and God's Blessings Stamp Set, the Ribbon is Pumpkin Pie too....

If you are a Member of my Stampers 10 Clubs, this challenge is listed in the Forum, as from next week (and the new Colour Challenge) every member who enters will be in with a chance to win a small prize...

To check out the K Werner blog click here.

Have a great weekend everyone xx

12 Gifts of Christmas - Day 3

Today's is a simple one as long as you can get the template right, I will post a picture of a template and you can print it at any size you like to make different sizes.... of what you ask?? Well today we are going to make a....

Pillow Box

So I will just tell you that this was really easy for me as I cut out the Pillow Box on my cricut expression, so that made life so much easier, but I will include a template for those of you who have to cut by hand. You can also download a PDF file from here... The black lines are where you cut and the red dotted lines need to be scored.

Here is the cut out pillow box, it is a bit hard to see as it is see through..


Next you need to fold along all the lines and then add a bit of the double sided tape to the edge piece so that we can stick it together as shown here...

It is a bit tricky to line it up properly as the acetate has a mind of its own, but stick together with the flap on the inside, then make sure you run your fingers along the flap on the inside so that it has stuck together properly. It should then look like this.

Fold the flaps in at one end, I stuck a small amount of double sided sticky tape to one end to make sure it didn't come open, and then decorate. I did this very simply using the I Wish Simply Scrappin Kit where there are lengths of sticky patterned Paper, I then cut a scallop circle, and matted it with a 1 3/8" circle and then stuck the 1 1/4" circle on that which I had decorated.

I then filled one with Smarties (hence the sticking one end, would be a tragedy if they all fell out) and put twilight mints in the other.

These are ideal for putting on the branches of your Christmas Tree incase someone turns up who you haven't bought a present for, you can just hand one of these out, or to give out in your office. You could put a mini first aid kit in one or a sewing kit, the ideas are endless.

I will be back with Day 4 tomorrow...

I just wanted to show you a card I put together really quickly yesterday as my neighbour wanted it for her daughters 26th birthday, I didn't use all Stampin' Up! stash as my other stash is feeling a bit neglected lately, but I cannot stay away from this awesome Stamp Set...


the patterned paper is Basic Grey Sugared, the lace punch is a Martha Stewart punch, the pink ribbon is actually velvet although you cannot see that from this photograph, and the A Rose is A Rose Stamp Set was stamped using Rose Red and Bravo Burgundy Ink Pads, the leaves were Sage Shadow and Old Olive, I used glamour dust on the rose, it isn't really as glittery as it looks in the photo, it is more of an irridescent glitter, but the flash on the camera made it all sparkle. The Sentiment is from the Fast Notes Stamp Set and I cut it out using the scallop punch, I fitted the sentiment into a scallop on either side and cut out, I then used a ruler from one side of the scallop to the other and cut with a craft knife, I then did the same below the sentiment, see no need for the US's Word Window that we so desperately wanted...