Told Ya!

The other week I was lucky enough to win a couple of digi's from Kerry over at Lady Bug Craft Inc - love the stamps and happened to say to Kerry the owner that I don't use them often enough but I promised to use the ones I won rather than just filing them on a disc - so here is my first LCI card for a while!

The image is Tic-Tac Love and as well as being perfect for Valentines Day - when I think it was launched, I also thought it would work well for Anniversarys.

So here is my CAS easel card.

Coloured with Promarkers with shadows added to the symbols and lots of glossy accents added every where else!  Finally I popped on two little tags using a brad onto the ribbon - for you with love - stamps I won on last monthe Ribbon Girl Challenge so thanks both companies - Ribbon Girl & LOTV for my prize.

Challenges;
LCI - Easel cards
Sketch n Stash - Super sketch 138
Crafty Catz - Black, White & Another - Red
Papertake - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Fancy Folds

Rainy days and Mondays

Ok so it's only Sunday, but it is a great song and it seems to link well with today's card. The great Karen Carpenter seen here if any of you want a listen.

So can you guess, it's a rainy day here!  Perfect for crafting and for April Showers inspiration!

So here is my card,

The image is LCI, the papers mostly Craft Creation, and I even dipped into the scrap box again for them!

Challenges;
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 202 - sketch below
LCI - Toddlers, teens & in-betweens
Crafty Calender - Sunshine & Showers
Krafty Hands - April Showers
Word Play Saturday - Weather
Southern Girls - Buttons, badges or Flair - Buttons
Heck of A Challenge - Just add water
Passion For Promarkers - Button It Up

22nd Apr
Just finished watching Corrie and came on here to see I'd won at LCI, & the prize, 4 more lovely cling stamps.  Guess you'll be seeing a lot more of me LCI.  Thanks Kerry, Jx

Buttercup

Morning everyone, a scheduled post today as I'm heading in to Aberdeen with Alan & Colin to take Alan back to Uni for the last term of his first year.  It's been lovely having him home again, but sadly the 3 weeks he was off just flew by and tomorrow he is gone again :(

At least this time I'll have Colin in the car with me on the drive home so I'm sure he'll manage to make me laugh, he usually does!

So, onto my card.  It's another LCI image from the stack I got at Christmas. Papers again are from that LOTV Nitwits pad then I've decorated the card with die cut flowers & clouds.

Challenges;
Cupcake Craft - Cats & Dogs
Creative Card Crew - Cloudy

Jack & A Frog (Not A Beanstalk)

Today has been a crafty day for me today.  I was working yesterday then had to take my hubby to the train station later on as he's away on a course the next few days.  After all the business of yesterday I thought I should have a quieter day today - catch up on housework tomorrow before he gets back!

So my card uses a Jack image from Ladybug Craft Ink - one of many I got at Christmas last year, so prepare to be LCI'd over the next few weeks!

Papers are Basic Grey and the punched leaves done using my MS lever punch.  This is the only card I'll post today, the others may follow but they were more made to fill up my card box as sales in aid of the Multiple Sclerorisis Society have been good, so I don't want a lack of cards to prevent sales!

Challenges;

LCI - Spring - Maybe stretching it a bit, but it's bright Spring colours and perhaps in all the heat we're having this baby frog has awoken from hibernation? Good story if nothing else!

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Turned the sketch (197-67), but I think that's allowed?

Little Miss Muffet - Boys Only - Challenge 56

PB & More@Allsorts - One For The Boys

Creative Card Crew - Ribbon

Critter Sketch - Twine

Glitter n Sparkle - Go Green

Stamping Sensations - The Great Outdoors (This is a cling stamp not a digi) 

Crafty Ribbons -  (41) One For The Boys Jx

Nikki Shops at Jack Wills

For months now I've held onto the Jack Wills catalogue and fliers just cause I love their bold pink/blue stripe design.  I knew they would have their day, and today is that day!

The image is the lovely Nikki from Lady Bug Crafts Inc, the pink paper is Craft Creation and the colouring, by Promarker.

This is what I made this morning while waiting for the slater... still waiting!  He said he's call so hopefully he will soon!

Challenges;
LCI - Laurie's Pink &... Navy
Sketch n Stash - Sketch 3 - (wish I did them all first time around so I could compare my old & new cards!)
Charisma Cards - Anything Goes
Crafty Ribbons - Button Up
I Love Promarkers - For Girls
7 Kids College Fund - Happy Birthday

25th Feb 13
Thanks Kerry and the team at LCI, this card won their colour challenge with use of an LCI Image.

Magnificent Magnum

Think I may be entering a new stamp phase/craze, this time it's for Lady Bug Crafts Ink stamps.  I won a few last month, then was lucky enough to win some more last week.  Shopping there at the moment is such a good idea as all cling stamps are 70% off!!!  So with this offer and my prize, it would have been rude not to do a proper shop!  Sadly though, as soon as my stamps arrived, an elf in the house whipped them off me for Christmas!

This image, well Magnum really, reminds me so much of our big white puss Tommy who is sadly no longer with us.  Mind you it should be our other cat Femo not a mouse in the crane as she was always the one picking a fight with poor old Tom!

So, onto my card, colouring by Promarker & papers 12x12 sheets by Craft Creations.

Challenges;

Simon Says Stamp - Sketch - Oops, week out...make that anything goes!

Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes

Sweet Stamp - Cold & Snowy

Tuesday Throwdown - Lots of Layers

Bunny Zoe Crafts - Winter

Here Come The Boys - Birthdays

Stamptacular Sunday - Winter Bliss

Totally Stampilicious - Let It Snow

Tammy's Scrappin Corner - Let It Snow

Divas By Design - Glitter & Sparkle

Back To School

A while back I was lucky enough to win some LCI stamps, and one of them was this one below;

It's called The High Top and was perfect for the current LCI challenge which was to include some stationary bits on your card.  The image is coloured by Promarker and the graph paper is by Lilybee Design and is called Memorandum.

Challenges;
Made Especially For You - Sketch
LCI - Use stationary on card - paper clip & graph paper. Jx