Yay Kites

Hi, Louise here today to share with you a card made with the Lawn Fawn Yay Kites stamps and die sets.  These are available now for pre-order over at Bizzy Bec's shop.

This was my first time actually using a stamp set with a matching die and it was pretty simple.

My only tip would be use washi tape to hold the dies in place when cutting.

I coloured my images with markers and foam mounted some of them against the base of the card.

For the hills at the bottom of the card I used Stitched Hillside Borders also by Lawn Fawn

Thanks for joining me today and I hope you enjoyed my first post as a member of the Design Team  at Bizzy Becs :)

Lou

Card and Cupcake Box Set

Last year I was on a design team for a stamp illustrator and she asked me to make a project for her online magazine.

The magazine took nearly a year to go live and I was pretty disappointed that she hadn't let me know that she wasn't using my project or I could have posted it last year!

Anyway I will share it with you now and just to let you know the recipient thought it was fantastic so I guess that is what matters.

 So starting off with the card.....

Continuing with the cupcake box...

and here is the set together :)

I was thrilled with how they turned out and I for one am proud to share them.

Thanks for dropping by,

Lou

I would like to enter these in the following challenges...

Let's Color Linky Party

Get Creative Challenges - Bingo - Purple, Doily, Stamp  Top 3:)

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion  - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Crafty Gals - Shimmer and Shine

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - add some shimmer

The Kids Are Alright - Southern Girls Challenge

The new challenge is up over at Southern Girls Challenge  and this fortnight we are all about kids.

We have 2 fantastic sponsors offering prizes and one of those is Julia Spiri.  

I used one of Julia's images on my card...

Isn't she cute :)

I used a sketch from I Heart Sketches for my card.

I have coloured her with Copic markers ad added stickles on her wings.

I added some accents with a Bo Bunny pearl pen.

The papers came from a 6x6 pad called My Girl by American Crafts

I used a couple of dies and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I hope you will come and play along with us.

I would also like to enter the following challenges with my card....

The Crazy Challenge - Tic Tac Toe - Ribbon, Digi, Flowers

Our Crafty Corner - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps - Flowers

Crafting For All Seasons - Make It Girly

Bizzy Bec's Challenge - Anything Goes

It is time for the monthly challenge to start over at Bizzy Becs and extra exciting is I am now on the DT for Bizzy Becs :)

I have used a few pre-order items from the store for my card.

Gorjuss Girl Stamp pre order- The Collector

Wild Rose Papers - Annabel's Meadow

Marianne Designs preorder - Doily Die

I hope you will come and join in the challenge with us and make sure and check out the res of the DT ladies cards.

Card Class Update

 Recently I participated in a class called Clear and Sheer at Online Card Classes.  I don't know what possessed me to sign up as I have never been fond of using vellum and a lot of the samples included vellum.

I tried my hand at some of the techniques, while some I still need to do, with varying degrees of success .   I will talk you through them as we go....

This one I liked :)  This was basically watercolouring a card base and adding a small piece of vellum over the top.  I used a stamp by Tim Holtz andcoloured the images and background with shimmering H2Os.  The sentiment was embossed with Zing ebossing powder and is a hero arts sentiment.

 I enjoyed making this one too, although it is pretty much a direct copy of the sample.

I diecut everything on my silhouette portrait.

The cards below are tragic!!!!  But I will share anyway to show what a complete stuff up I made.

They are supposed to be ombre effect on vellum using spamp pads, while in actuallity they are just a freaking hot mess.   Jennifer McGuires looked great though ;)

Anything Goes wth Southern Girls - Thoughts on 40

This fortnight Team Lou are up over at Southern Girls Challenge and for this one it is a nice easy Anything Goes Challenge.

I have decided to share my "Thought's On 40" layout which I did as my kit swap at last months Otane Crafts Scrapbooking Swap.

The photos were taken on my 40th birthday which was a day I had been dreading for MONTHS.

Turned out it wasn't so bad.

I was building it up to be some horrible day but it was just the same as any other and I still feel the same as I did when I was 30, just with a bit more life experience and less tolerance for dickheads.

I also couldn't really give a fat rats arse what people think or say about me anymore.

I have friends, really good friends and they and my family know me and that is what matters and if other people think I am not good enough to talk to or want to talk about me, whatever.

I am happy with who I am, I love my family, I care about my friends and I have a great life :)

So there you have my thoughts on 40. LOL

I hope you will come over and join us at the challenge and play along

Lou.