Friday, 10 May 2024

Inlaid Die Cts - Mix It Up Challenge

 Shesh, my post for this is totally late, I thought I had scheduled it but NOOOOO.
Our theme at Mix It Up Challenge for this month is 
INLAID DIECUTS

Funny story I totally screwed up with the card I originally made for this challenge as I was working off last year theme list, DOH, so I quickly came up with a new card and here it is.....



I used Birch Tree Die from Hello Bluebird, Forest , Hello Bluebird Forest Fawns stampset
the papers are Jen Hadfield Peaceful Heart.
I coloured the images with my prisma pencils, which I hadn't used in a while and on smooth paper, so not the best colouring.

Thanks for popping by
Louise

Monday, 22 April 2024

A Beary Sweet Thank You

 A cutie to share today. I used the bear from "Happy Day" by Colorado Craft Company.

I tried to do a background with just distress oxides but it turned out quite s%#* 
so I covered it up with the big Thank You die from Lawn Fawn.
I had stamped and masked the bear image before trying to blend the background.
The grass was done using slimline grass stencil from Lawn fawn.


In the end with the background mostly covered, I don't hate it.

The image was coloured with prisma pencils and blended with odorless spirits, which doesn't really work the best on smooth cardstock, but that too turned out ok. 

Thanks for visiting my blog
Lou

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges....
Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Diagonal - Stencil, Diecut, Critter
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
Polkadoodle Challenge - Anything Goes


Wednesday, 10 April 2024

Hello (Autumn) Sunshine

Well, I blinked and summer disappeared.
Only one beach trip this year and here we are into Autumn and football (soccer for my USA visitors).

Now that all my children's teams are about to kick off, LOL see what I did there, that is my weekends down the tubes.

So in memory of my favourite season of the year here is a summery smile to share....
 

 The diecuts are from Lawn Fawn
The background paper was sent to me from my wonderful friend Julie, quite a few years ago now!

Thanks loads for dropping by my blog 
Lou

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges....
Lawn Fawnatics - patterned paper
Dragonfly Dreams - Use a Die
The Paper Players- Sunshine and Rainbows šŸŒˆ Picked as HEADLINER! 

Tuesday, 9 April 2024

Best Day Ever Bunnies

 Some adorable little bunnies to share with you today.
I used we herd stamp set from Waffle Flower Crafts.



I used MFT puffy cloud dies, lawn fawn simple grassy hillsides.
The background clouds were done with distress oxide tumbled glass using MFT cloud stencil.
The bunnies were coloured with copic markers.
Sentiment and die from Taylored Expressions

Thanks for visiting my blog
Lou

I would like to enter the following challenges....
Crafty Critters Challenge - Animal Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes Spring
The Cutie Pie Challenge - Simply Cuties
Gem of a challenge - Anything Goes - Top 3
Allsorts Challenge - For the Love of Animals
Polkadoodles Challenge - Anything Goes
Classic Designs Challenge - Four legged friends - Top Pick!
Crafts Galore - Anything Goes

Friday, 29 March 2024

Feed Out Time On The Farm


I seriously wish my farm looked this green at the moment, we have just headed into Autumn and things are pretty dry. 

I decided to make an interactive element on my card, I used MFT Surf & Turf Sliders



I used loads of Lawn Fawn product on my card
Hay There Stamp set
Hay There - Hay Rides 
Grassy Hillside border dies

I coloured the images up with my copic markers.

Thanks for popping by
Lou

I would like to enter the following challenges

Creative Knockouts - Birthday 
Moving along with the times - planes, Trains and Automobiles (hopefully a tractor counts) Top 5 Pick
Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes
Lil Red Wagon - Animal Antics
The Paper Funday Challenge - The Dies have it
Dream Valley Challenge - Dies and punches


 

Friday, 15 March 2024

Another Fly By

When I was playing with cloud backgrounds a couple of weeks ago, I also did this background using distress oxide in Mermaid Lagoon, I used a light touch and spaced the clouds a reasonable distance apart compared to my usual clouds which gave me lots of lovely white puffy space.



 The image is called Sky's the Limit from Kraftin Kimmie, it is now retired but I did find a link HERE where you may be able to still purchase it.
I coloured up my image with Copic markers and Promarkers

Thanks loads for popping by my blog :)
Lou

Entering in the following challenges....
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes
Moving Along With The Times - Planes, Trains & Automobiles 
Crafty Gals Challenge - Anything Goes