Craft-a-long results

 Good morning

Today's cards are ones I made after watching Craig Laird's craft-a-long on Crafter's TV - 

For these cards I used lots of elements from Crafter's Companion's gnome collection -

• gnome plain and patterned paper pads
• gnome girl stamp and die set
• gnome boy stamp and die set
• gnome child stamp and die set
• Spectrum Noir triblends and original pens (details below)
• satin ribbon 

Triblends and original pens used - 

• Triblends - PL blend, IG blend, FS blend, BT blend, GY blend and CG blend
• original pens - IB1 and TN2 

Triblend and original pens used - 

• Triblends - CR shade, JG blend and shades, FS blend, IG blend, GY blend, TN blend and EB shades
• original pens - IB1 and TN2

That's all from me today, thank you for stopping by.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Dashing through the snow

 Good morning

Back with yet more Christmas cards - 

Three cards for you today all made using dashing through the snow die from Crafter's Companion.

For all 3 versions I have used - 

• gold pearl card 
• white centura pearl
• gnome patterned and plain paper pads
• ribbon
• gems
• construction weight acetate
• Creative Expressions festive traditions sentiment stamps
• Sentimentally  Yours festive berries elegant sentiments stamp set

Thank you for stopping by today.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Two for Christmas

 Hello

Yes I am back again - two days running!! And we are back to Christmas. Two cards, same products from Crafter's Companion but a completely different look - 

For the first card I used - 

• gnome girl, gnome boy and gnome child stamp and die sets
• gnome home die set set
• Spectrum Noir Triblends - EB blend and shades, JG blend and shades, FS blend, CR shades, IG blend and GY blend
• Spectrum Noir original pens - IB1 and TN2
• Spectrum Noir Harmony ink pads - pinetree, baby blue, ocean blue, bordeaux, Chinese red, seal brown and friar brown
• gnome snow scene embossing folder
• clear glitter
• gems
• gnome patterned and plain paper pads
• ribbon

For the second card I used - 

• gnome girl, gnome boy and gnome child stamp and die sets
• gnome home die set
• gnome snow scene embossing folder
• Spectrum Noir Harmony inks - friar brown, seal brown, oasis and paprakeet
• Spectrum Noir  Triblends - EB shades, BT blend and shades, MG blend, FS blend, CT blend and GY blend
• Spectrum Noir pens - IB1 and TN2
• crystal clear Sparkle pen
• scraps of glitter and Kraft card
• gnome patterned papers
• teal core'dinations
• gems and ribbon
• Chloe's Creative Cards circle die set

That's all from me today.

Crafty hugs

Lesley 

Fabulous

 Good afternoon

Yes I am back. Sorry for the lack of posts, life sometimes gets in the way of my crafting.

Here is a card I made a while back using Chloe's Creative Cards box kit number 8 - 

For this card I have used - 

• white centura pearl (for the card base)
• Chloe's Creative Cards box kit number 8 (papers and stamp)
• rose quartz mirri card
• diamante sparkle and tutti frutti Sparkelicious glitter
• Chloe's Creative Cards white pearl card
• Chloe's Creative Cards circle die set
• Chloe's Creative Cards birthday sentiment builder
• bling from my stash
• clear glitter

All the instructions for this card can be found in the magazine from Chloe's Creative Cards box kit number 8. Thank you to Glynis Bakewell for the inspiration.

That's all from me today.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Zed fold gnomes

 Hello again

Back with more Christmas gnomes. This time though I have made a couple zed fold cards.

I have used the gnome boy, gnome child and gnome village stamp and die sets which I have coloured with my Triblends and original Spectrum Noir pens - 

• JG blend, JG shades, CR shades, GY blend, FS blend, IG blend, TN blend, EB shades, CG blend, DG blend, TN2, IB1 and TN4

To complete these card I have used - 

• white centura pearl (for the card base)
• gnome plain and patterned paper pads
• Harmony water reactive ink - bordeaux and baby blue 
• Gemini torn edge circle nesting die set
• clear glitter

That's all from me today, thank you for stopping by.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Tepee gnome

 Good morning

I am back after a little break and once again I am sharing Christmas makes - 

Once again I am back with the gnomes from Crafter's Companion but this time I have added them to a tepee card. This is a new style of card to me but I found an easy to follow video on You Tube and off I went. The stamps are gnome child, gnome village and gnome boy (for the presents) which I have coloured with my Triblends and original Spectrum Noir pens - 

• BT blend, BT shades, Ig blend, IG shades, MG blend, PL blend, FS blend, TN2 and IB1

To complete the card I have used - 

• white centura pearl (for the card base)
• gnome plain and patterned paper pads
• Tonic basic circles and scalloped circle dies
• hook and loop circle (to fastened the card)

That's all from me today, thank you for stopping by

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Kittens at play

 Hello

A simple card today - 

This fold back card has been made using the following  - 

• Hunkydory's It's a cat's life - kittens at play and kitty cats card kit
• gold mirri
• white centura pearl (for the card base)
• It's a cat's life papercraft pad
• gold gems

A straight forward card, simple but effective.

Thank you for stopping by.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Pastures new

 Good morning

I thought we would have another break from Christmas. Here is a card I made to say goodbye to a colleague who is off to pastures new 

The flower stamp is delightful dahlia from Crafter's Companion which I coloured with my Triblends and Spectrum Noir Illustrators and original pens - 

• flowers - CR shades, CR6, CR7 and CR8
• leaves - CG2, CG3 and CG4

I stamped the flowers several times, coloured them and cut into them to form decoupage layers.

To complete the card I have used - 

• white centura pearl (for the card base)
• white stamping card
• Chloe's Creative Cards box kit number 8
• Crafter's Companion's beautiful butterflies intricate trellis die
• clear glitter
• gems
• Die'sire words of endearment set 2 die set
• abandoned coral distress ink

That's all from me today, thank you for stopping by.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Christmas at Toadstool village

 Hello

Here we are again, back with Christmas gnomes (brace yourselves there are a lot of these gnomes!!)

This time I thought I would use the whole family - 

Only one photo of this one I'm afraid. To make the scene in this card I have used gnome village stamp, gnome boy stamp and die, gnome girl stamp and die and gnome child stamp and die. I coloured all of them with a combination of Spectrum Noir pens and Triblend pens - 

gnome village -

• trees - JG shades and DG blend
• mushrooms - TN blend, EB blend, EB shades, CR shades and TN4
• flowers - DG blend and GY blend
• sky - IB1

gnome boy -

• nose - FS blend and TN blend
• clothes - CR shade
• beard - IG blend
• sky - IB1
• shoes - EB shades

gnome girl -

• face - FS blend and TN blend
• clothes - CR shades, JG blend and JG shades
• hair and shoes - EB shades
• sky - IB1

gnome child - 

• face - FS blend and TN blend
• clothes - CR shade, JG blend and JG shade
• shoes - EB shades
• sky IB1

To complete the card I used - 

• gnome plain paper pad
• gems
• Chloe's Creative Cards circle die set
• baby blue Harmony water reactive ink

That's all from me today. See you all tomorrow.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Here come the gnomes

 Good morning

When I saw this new collection from Crafter's Companion I knew I had to have it. I told myself that it was all I would need this year to make all my Christmas card (how wrong was I but more of that later).

Here is my first card I made with this collection - 

To make this card I have used two of the stamps in the collection - gnome village and gnome child which I have coloured with my Spectrum Noir pens and Triblends - 

gnome village - 

• trees - JG shades and EB shades
• mushrooms - TN blend, CR shades and EB shades
• steps - EB blend
• flowers - CR blend, DG blend and GY blend
• sky - IB1

gnome child - 

• face - TN blend and FS blend
• clothes - CR shade, JG blend and JG shade
• shoes - EB shades
• sky - IB1

To complete the card I used - 

• gnome pattern and gnome plain paper pads
• clear glitter
• Chloe's Creative Cards circle die set
• Harmony water reactive ink - Bordeaux (to make the stripes on the little gnome's hat and tunic) and baby blue (to ink edges of die cuts)

That's all from me today, thanks for stopping by.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Molly's joy

 Hello

Back to Christmas again today  - 

This cute little lady is Molly's joy designed by Conie Fong for Crafter's Companion. Once again I have coloured her with my Spectrum Noir pens and Triblend pens - 

• skin - FS blend, TN2 and CR3
• clothes - TB blend, TB shades and IG blend
• hair - TN shades
• snow IG1 and IG2
• sky - IB1

To complete the card I have used - 

• baby blue centura pearl (for the card base and matting and layering)
• silver glitter card
• Sara's signature winter wonderland collection 6x6 paper pad
• WOW embossing powder - diamond white
• a very old Crafter's Companion snow flake die
• gem

Once again I have kept this card flat for posting.

That's all from me today, thanks for stopping by.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Take 1 stamp ......

 Hello

I thought we would have a change from Christmas today. Here are 3 cards all made with the same stamp but once again I have used different colours for each card - 

The stamp I have used is a rotation stamp called meadow wreath from Crafter's Companion. You ink up the stamp with one colour and stamp it, rotate the stamp and stamp with a second colour and so on until the wreath is complete. Great fun to use and easy if you have a stamping platform.

For this version I have used - 

• Harmony quick dry inks - smoked emerald, green topaz and frosty jade
• Harmony Finesse ink pad - flagstone
• Chloe's Creative cards circle die set
• Sara's signature shabby chic range - chic butterflies die set
• white centura pearl (for the card base)
• petrol core'dinations

For this 6x6 version I have used - 

• harmony quick dry inks - parakeet, fuchsia, honey pot and ocean blue
• white (for the card base) and fuchsia centura pearl 
• Chloe's Creative Cards circle die set
• gems 

For this 8x8 version I have used - 

• Memento inks - lulu lavender, grape jelly, elderberry and Paris dusk
• white centura pearl (for the card base)
• purple and white core'dinations
• flutterby butterfly embossing folder (an old one from Crafter's Companion)
• LV2 spectrum Noir pen (to edge each white square and circle)
• Chloe's Creative Cards circle die set
• gems

One stamp, three completely different cards.

Thank you for stopping by again today.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Reindeer gnomes

 Good morning

Yes I am back, 2 days in a row to show yet more Christmas makes. Today I have 2 cards to show you - both made with the same stamp just coloured slightly differently - 

For both cards I have used Woodware's reindeer gnome stamp designed by Francois Reed which I have coloured with my Spectrum Noir pens and Triblend pens - 

• hat - DR blend or JG shades
• reindeer - GB shades, GB blend, DR blend, JG shades and a white gel pen
• skin - FS blend
• holly - DG blend and DR blend
• lantern - BG shades, CT blend, CT4 and OR blend
• beard - IG blend
• heart - DR blend
• clothes - JG shades and DR blend
• shoes - TN shades
• sky - VB1

To complete each card I used - 

• red and green card
• clear glitter
• red and green pearls from my stash 

That's all from me today, thank you for stopping by.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Hello

 Hello everyone

Yes I am back after a few weeks away from social media. I have been busy in my craftroom, garden and with family but now I am back ready to show you all some of the things I have been creating.

As it is the summer holidays I have been busy with Christmas crafting and so here is one of my recent makes - 

This is an older Woodware stamp, once again designed by Francois Reed, which I have coloured with my Spectrum Noir pens and Triblends - 

• nose - OR blend
• face - IG blend and IG1
• hat - BG shades, GY blend, DG blend and DR blend
• scarf - JG shades, DR blend and GY blend
• robin - EB shades and DR blend
• snow - Ig blend and IG1
• sky - IB1

To complete the card I have used - 

• red card
• clear glitter
• red and green pearls from my stash

Once again I have kept the card fairly flat for postage reasons.

That's all from me today, thank you so much for stopping by.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Christmas in July

 Good morning

Whilst the UK is sweltering in a mini heatwave I have been preparing for Christmas!!!

Here is the first of many to share with you - 

This cute little stamp is another by Francois Reed (at Woodware) and is called Christmas tree gnome. I have coloured him with my Spectrum Noir pens and Triblends - 

• Christmas tree - JG shades, DR blend, CT blend, CT4 and OR blend
• skin - FS blend
• beard - IG blend
• suit - DR blend and JG shades
• bauble - CT blend, CT4, DR blend and BG shades
• sky - VB2
• snow - IG1 and IG2

To complete the card I have used - 

• white centura pearl
• red cardstock
• clear glitter
• pearls 

That's all from me today. Stay safe in this heat.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

A different fold

 Hello

Ah, the end of the working week and only another week before the summer break. This year has been particularly tough and I am looking forward to a well deserved break.

Here is today's card - 

This is a card I made after following a craft-a-long with Debby Robinson on Crafter's TV.

For this card I have used - 

• ivory centura pearl
• Sara's signature collection - garden party 6x6 paper pad
• Sara's signature collection - garden party summertime pennant die set
• Beautiful butterflies just to say sentiment stamps
• Beautiful butterflies intricate floral border die
• Sara's signature collection - garden party delicate rose die
• sequins from stash
• pearls from stash 

That's all from me today, thank you for stopping by.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Butterfly centre piece

 Hello

Another scheduled post from me today. And another multiple card post.

Today it is two cards from 1 die - 

For this card I have used - 

• white stamping card
• matt black card
• Butterfly meadow create-a-card die
• Harmony water reactive inks - ocean blue, honey pot, fuchsia and spring meadow
• Crafter's Companion everyday sentiment stamp set
• pearls from my stash

I created the background for the inside of the card using the Harmony inks and a paper template for the clouds. I matted it onto a piece of matt black card.

And the second card - 

For this card I have used - 

• white centura pearl
• Butterfly meadow create-a-card die
• Sara's signature collection - garden party 6x6 paper pad
• Spectrum Noir pens - PP1, PP2, PP3 and PP4
• acetate
• pearls from my stash

I coloured through the die with Spectrum Noir pens. It gives a very subtle finish on the centura pearl card.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Wishing you well

 Good morning

I have been so busy at work and crafting in my spare time that I have neglected my blog so I decided to schedule a few posts on Sunday.

Here is today's card -

I have used a Crafter's Companion stamp called wishing you well to make the topper. The set has lots of different flower stamps and dies which allows you to build your own bouquets. I stamped the individual flowers, leaves and vase and coloured them as flowers with my Triblend pens - 

• vase - TB blend
• flowers - CR blend, CR shades, GY blend and CT blend
• leaves - CT blend, JG shades and JG blend

I also used Harmony quick dry inks in smoked emerald and green topaz to stamp the leaves.

To complete the card I used - 

• white centura pearl
• Sara;s signature collection - garden party 6x6 paper pad
• peach core'dinations
• stain ribbon
• Gemini stitched ovals 2

That's all from me today, thank you for stopping by

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Take one stamp

 Good morning

A little late posting today but to make up I thought I would share more than one card today. 

I decided to set myself a challenge - use only one stamp but any mediums. Here are the results - 

The stamp is swirling florals from Crafter's Companion and as you can see one stamp, four completely different looking cards. The details of which mediums I have used are under each photo -

For this card I have used - 

• clear embossing powder
• Spectrum Noir Aqua pens - heather, orchid, jasmine, kingfisher and aquamarine
• white, silver and lilac centura pearl
• Crafter's Companion birthday swash sentiments
• black gems

For this one I also used - 

• WOW white embossing powder
• Spectrum Noir Harmony water reactive inks - Chinese red, orange, lemon tonic and honey pot
• white and old gold centura pearl
• yellow core'dinations
• Crafter's Companion birthday swash sentiment stamp
• black gems

For this version I have used - 

• Wow embossing powder - cupcake heaven
• matt black card
• pink mirri
• pink glitter card
• Crafter's Companion birthday swash sentiment stamp
• black gems

And finally for this version I have used - 

• clear embossing powder
• Spectrum Noir metallic pencils - nickel, light blue, silver and blue
• matt black card
• silver centura pearl
• blue core'dinations
• Crafter's Companion birthday swash sentiment stamps
• black gems

I still have more ideas to do with this stamp including using my Spectrum Noir pens and pencils, all I need now is the time to play.

Thank you so much for stopping by today, have a good Sunday.

Crafty hugs

Lesley