Elphine House Australia..Charms and Pins!

Hi Everyone! Hope everyone is well! I know its 11pm here in Uk but down under its 9 am!....and tonight starts the new Elphine House Challenge!

The theme is a favourite of mine.....

Charms and Pins!

Here is my card...i have used the little cutie called "Laura'sYummy Pudding"

I have coloured my image using Promarkers and Polychromo pencils...i am loving these and my collection is getting bigger by the day..i just buy a few at a time, each time i am in my local craft store.

After i made this card my Silhouette machine decided it wont cut! I am starting to worry as i had a new blade  and tried it but its still not working. Time to contact the company where i bought it....its only a few months old. Just frustrating.

Well i hope you can pop by to check out the other girls creations over at the challenge blog.

Here are a few challenge to enter!
Passion for Promarkers - Monochrome
Scrap-Creations - Going Pastel
Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Tic Tac Toe - I used Die Cuts, Flowers and Ribbon

Well thats me off to get organised for bed! Had a busy day at doctors and got new meds to try!

Have a great day if  its morning where you are or in the UK have a great sleep!

Hugs

Emmas Gift for Elphine House Australia!

Hi, Hope your all well! Just a quick post tonight as i am not feeling so great...I have been changing  medication about the past few weeks and cant get right dose...i hope its all worth it! 

Its time for a new challenge at Elphine House Australia!

We had many beautiful entries last month... its great to see all those Elisabeth Bell images come out to play along with us!

This month the challenge theme is ..Make your own background...No Designer Papers!"

I love my designer papers so i was wondering what to make. Well what you see is NOT the card i first made. I had my card just about finished when Carrie came running in and knocked my Spun Sugar Re-Inker all over my desk and some splashed over my card! Laugh or Cry!? i didnt know what to do!!

Carrie looked at me and said in a totally serious voice "Oops...well to be honest Mum..i think that card maybe wasnt you best anyway!!"  What do you say to that!!

So here is my new card...which has been approved by Carrie! lol!

I used "Emma's Gift of Love" which you can buy from the Elphine House Australia Store.

She is coloured with Promarkers and Polychromos. 

Dies - Sizzix Thinlet Doily, Spellbinders Beaded and Classic Oval, Memory Box Vivienne, Butterfly Delights, Marianne Design Flourish and Spellbinders D-Lites antastic Flourish Three. The embossing folder is Floral Fantasy.

Flowers from Wild Orchid Craft and Ribbons, Lace, gems etc are all from Hobbycraft.

Here are a few challenges to enter my card into ....

Papertake Weekly - Lovely Layers

City Crafter Challenge - Lace and Flowers

Passion for Promarkers - Shaped Card

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes - Use Flowers

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you can find time to pop over the the Elphine House Challenge blog to check out the other girls creations....they are all gorgeous!

Hugs,

A Barrow of Flowers!

Happy Wednesday! Its another perfectly beautiful today again here in Scotland. Its a little cooler which is welcomed after a hot muggy night. I am a bit late with this post because Carrie is ill. I think she has sun stroke. She matched every single symptom i have read about. I was really worried about her last night but she is a bit better today but still got a headache and feeling horrible.

Today starts another new challenge from Elphine House Australia Challenge.!

This time the challenge is to add something...

Metal 

You must use a Elisabeth Bell Designed Stamp to join in with us..We have had to delete a lot of entries every challenge which is such a shame. The companies that you can use are listed on the blog for you!

Here is my card..I have used a little garden metal charms and some metal spacers on the decorative pin i created..

Materials Used

Image - Elphine House Australia  - Coloured with Promarkers

Papers - First Edition Isabelle Paper pad, brown and white cardstock

Dies - Tim Holtz On the Edge Butterflight die, Spellbinders Scallop and Classic Circles and Sizzixs Thinlets Border Die.

Embellishments - Flowers from Wild Orchid Craft, Ribbon, Lace, Gems and beads and bead caps, to make the pin, from Hobbycraft and Silver Garden Charms. 

The butterflight die is covered with Americana StarliteVarnish and DecoArt Glamour Dust.

Here is a closer picture

And a few challenges to enter..

Creative Card Crew - The Great Outdoors

C is for Challenge - Flowers - This is fab new challenge blog!

Crafty Bloggers Network - Metal

Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoy the rest of the day! I am off nurse Carrie better..i think she is loving us all running around after her!

Hugs

Elphine House Australia Challenge - Happy Birthday!!

Hi There, I have been trying to get this posted for a few hours but blogger keeps signing me out every few minutes. Its been doing it for a good few week when i am commenting. As soon as i publish a comment i have to sign back in...very frustrating! 

Anyway, can you believe its been 2 weeks since the last Elphine House Australia Challenge...its flew past. This challenge has a fab theme of simply....

"Happy Birthday" 

This is a easy challenge theme so i hope you get digging out your Elisabeth Bell Stamps and join in with us!

Remember you must use a Elisabeth Bell image to enter our challenge. This can be from any of the companies she has designed for. If you use a EHA stamp the prize is fab as you can choose 2 stamps from EHA. If its another Elisabeth Bell design then the winner will get 1 EHA stamp which will be a surprise.

Here is my card using Sophie's Birthday Balloon from Elphine House Australia.

 Materials

Image EHA Sophie's Birthday Balloon

Papers - Tilda Country Escape

Dies/Punches - Memory Box Vivienne Butterfly, Tonic Studio Butterfly Strip, Marianne Design Flourish

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Floral Fantasy

Embellishments - Wild Orchid Craft Flowers, Lace, ribbon, Gems and the cluster on the bow i made myself using different sized diamantes. 

Here is close up (dont look to close at the colouring!)

I am going to enter a few challenges with my card -

Deep Ocean Challenges - For a Girl!

Divas By Design - Happy Birthday!

Fab n Funky - Happy Birthday

Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew Challenge - Metal

Thats all from me just now. I will be back tomorrow with my GDT post for the Digi Bells. 

See you then!

Remember to pop over to EHA blog to join in with our challenge!!

Hugs

Punch it - Elphine House Australia Challenge

Good Morning! 

I am just dropping by with my card for the latest challenge from Elphine House Australia!

The challenge this time is called "Punch It"

 You must use a Elisabeth Bell stamp from any company but we would love to see your Elphine House Australia stamps if you have any.

Materials used..

Image - EHA Lauras Yummy Pudding.

Papers - My Minds Eye Lost and Found and Kraft

Dies & punches - Small Butterfly Punch, Fiskars Threading Water Border Punch, Memory Box Butterfly die and  Marianne Design flourish

Embellishments - Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, Tulle, Lace and pearls from Hobbycraft.

Another picture....

I am also going to enter these challenges with my card...

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps - Inspirational Picture (below)

Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Vickys Challenges - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and please pop by to check out the other DT inspiration over at Elphine House Australia Challenge Blog!

Hugs,

Lets Hear it for the Boys! Elphine House Australia Challenge!

Hi! Hope your all having a great night so far. In my house right noe the boys are watching the football and i am up stairs watching the Brits Awards with Carrie, although she has lost interest already and only looked up  a few minutes ago to watch One Direction! 

I have had a day of computer troubles. I few months back my Laptop died so now using a spare Netbook we had but i must have used up all the memory and today everytime i opened a page it crashed then once i worked it out the disk clean up etc took forever!!  

Anyway onto business! Today is the start of the latest challenge from Elphine House Australia!

The challenge is "Lets Hear it for the Boys"

You can join us if you use any Elisabeth Bell image (from any company) on your creation and follow our theme! If you use a Elphine House Australia Stamp the prize is 2 EHA stamps of your choice and if its any other EB image then EHA will send you one stamp which will be chosen by EHA.

Now if you are regular visitors you will have noticed that i am not a masculine card fan. I love flowers, ribbons and pretty charms too much but to be honest this turned out better than i thought and hope it does justice to this gorgeous stamp.

 Here is my supply list...

Image - Tommy Tell Tail of Ice Cream

Papers-My Minds Eye and We R Memory Keepers

Dies - Stars and Small Circle cut from Cricut Plantin School Book cartridge.

Embellishments - Jute from B&Q and sentiment from Forever Friends Black and Gold Stamp Set

More pics...

Here is the challenges i would like to enter

Colour Throwdown -

 

Lady Annes Challenge - Anything Goes (must be Digi or Stamp used) Finishes 3rd April

Whimsical Design Challenge - Add Green (6th March)

                                                                                 Pause, Dream, Enjoy Challenges - Hats                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Thanks so much for stopping by! If you have a few spare minutes stop by the Elphine House Australia Challenge Blog and join in with our challenge. We would love to see your creations! 

Have a great day or night wherever you may be!! (i know my EHA teamies are around 8 or 9 hours ahead)

Take Care

                                                      Lynne xxx                                                                                                          

Elphine House Australia - Distressed in Stitches!

 Hi, Well as promised earlier here i am with my second post of the day!

Here are the details of the latest challenge that up and running over at Elphine House Australia.

The theme this time is...

Distressed in Stitches! 

                                                       Add some distressing and stitching..faux or real!                                                                                            

Here is my card... I am not huge on heavy distressing but i do like to lightly file/ink edges so thats what i have done here and used DP's that have the distressed look. I decided to colour my image in Sepia tones using my Promarkers. I have had to do faux stitching as my sewing machine is not working. The bobbin keeps getting jammed. Tried everything to sort it but totally stuck!

Okay onto my card... 

The image i have used is one of my favourite at the moment.

 She is called "Emmas Gift of Love" 

To join in the challenge you have to use a Elisabeth Bell stamp from any company. There are lots of Elisabeth Bell images out there so let us see your creations!

Here is what products i used..

Image Elphine House Australia - Emma's Gift of Love

Papers - My Minds Eye, Kraft Cardstock

Dies/punches  - Spellbinders Oval and Beaded Oval, Label 1 for insert, Marianne flourish dies and the brackets from Cricut Potpourri Cartridge and x cut border die.  

Embellishments - Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts. I stitched and gathered the ribbon which is from Hobbycraft as well as the pearls.

I am going to join in with the following challenges ...

Anything Goes Challenge - Faux or real stitching!

Craft room Challenge - Dies/punches

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Flourishes - Colour challenge (Natural Goodness)

Come and Get it Challenges - Flourishes/Swirls

Thanks so much for stopping by! Please pop over to Elphine House Australia challenge blog to see the DT girls inspiration and join in the fun. You never know you might be a winner of some Elphine House Australia stamps.

Take Care

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Elphine House Australia Challenge - Its a girl thing!

Its time for the new Elphine House Australia Challenge!

This time "Its a girl thing"

We are looking for all those pretty pink or purple coloured creations. Its time to those gorgeous, girly papers out!

To enter our challenge you have to use a Elisabeth Bell image. Any of her images count and there are so many out there! The prize is two Elphine House Australia Stamps! You must go have a look in the EHA store and check out the newest stamps added to the collection and they are all adorable!

Image - Elphine House Australia - "Daisy Hugging Dolly" coloured with Promarkers and the edges dusted with Spun Sugar Distress ink.

Papers - My Minds Eye.

Dies/punches - The label and scalloped oval was cut from my Cricut Storybook Cartridge, Marianne Design flourish die. 

Embellishments - Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, ribbon/bow, lace and pearls from my stash.

Passion for Promarkers - Pink , Pearls and lace!

Craft Your Passion - Die cuts and punches

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Anything Goes

Unscripted Sketches - Sketch!

  

Ok, that it from me for now....Dont forget to pop over to join us at Elphine House Australia Challenge blog!

Hugs,

Elphine House Australia Challenge - Colours of Spring!

Good Morning! Well its certainly better than yesterday morning was. We woke up to the ground covered in snow yesterday!! Last week we had temperatures of 22 and it was like summer had come early then out of the blue came the cold weather and a day of snowfall! Typical Scottish weather! Today is cold but no more snow, well for now anyway!

Anyway its time for another Elphine House Australia Challenge!

The time we are having a Colour Challenge and we are looking for all those gorgeous... 

"Colours of Spring"

To enter our challenge you have to use a Elisabeth Bell image. Any of her images count and there are so many out there! The prize is two Elphine House Australia Stamps! You must go have a look in the EHA store and check out the newest stamps added to the collection! They are all gorgeous!

Card Recipe.

Image - Elphine House Australia - Carrie Swan Princess coloured with Promarkers and the edges dusted with Broken China Distress ink

Papers - not sure about the striped one as it was a cut off i had left over. The spotted one is We r Memory keepers white wash collection i think.

Dies/punches - Marianne Design flourishes and border. The label shape is cut from my Cricut Storybook Cartridge 

Embellishments - Flower from Wild Orchid Crafts, ribbon/bow and pearls from my stash.

I would also like to enter the following challenges;

Sketchbook Saturday - Sketch

Ribbon Carousel Challenge - Springtime

The Stamping Boutique - Pastels

Craft Your Passion - Spots and Stripes

Crafting When We Can - Things with Wings

Well thats it from me for today. Off to get some DT work finished off and have a relaxing day.

Dont forget to pop over to join us at Elphine House Australia Challenge blog!

Hugs,

Lynne xx 

Elphine House Australia Challenge - Rain or Shine?

Hi, Hope your all had a lovely day. We have had some lovely weather today. Had my washing all out and dried...just love the smell of clothes that are dried on the line!

Well today starts off another Elphine House Australia Challenge!

The past two weeks has just flown by...it just seems like a few days ago i was posting the last challenge.

You can use ANY ELISABETH BELL image at all to join in the challenge...there are so many EB images out there so let us see what you can create with them! If you have any EHA stamps then it would be great to see them.

The challenge this time round the theme is....."Rain or Shine" 

For once we can choose the weather!  Since i am from Scotland i thought i better stick with what us Scots know best...the rain! Here is my card using another new stamp that has been released from Elphine House Australia called "Tommy splashing in puddle."

The sketch i used is one of Dawny's Sketches from the "Pink Piggy". You must pay a visit if you haven't already done so, i am sure most of you have, because there is lots and lots of inspiration to be had!.  My mojo ran out and left me but this sketch brought it right back. (Thank You Dawny!)

Card Recipe

Image - Elphine House Australia, "Tommy, Splashing in Puddles"

DP's - Papermania capsule collection - Burleigh Blue, Navy cardstock.

Die - Time Holtz/Sizzix antique lace border die. Label from Cricut Story Book Cartridge.

Embellishments etc - Eyelets, ribbon, twine, button from stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;

The Ribbon Carousel - Bakers Twine

Cards for Men - Cheeky Chappies  - Cheeky boy jumping in that puddle!

Crafting When We Can - One For The Boys

Craft Your Days Away - One For The Boys + Button

Fun With Shapes and more - Stripes

Thats all for now but please pop over the the EHA challenge blog and join us with our challenge.

Thanks for taking time to read!

Hugs,

Lynne x x

EHA Challenge and a very special stamp....

Good Afternoon!! Well we have had true Scottish weather today. We have had all seasons in one day..rain, sun, sleet and snow. Just to finish it off we had a little thunder too! Its really cold and more snow is forecast .

Anyway i am here with my DT card for Elphine House Australia's Challenge which starts today and also a little special story about the stamp i used today.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         The challenge theme is ...PEARLS AND LACE!

The winner of the challenge will win 2 Elphine House Australia stamps. If you have not been to the store yet you must hop on over to have a look, they are all gorgeous..as all Elisabeth Bell images are!!

On my card today i have used a very special stamp! This stamp was originally from the "Daisy Collection" by Elisabeth Bell and as we know EHA are bring us some of these stamps back. Well this stamp has made its way back but with a new name..She is called "Carrie on Trike"...

Helen and Lew, who own EHA, are the most lovely, generous couple ever and they have made one little girl a very happy....by re-naming this stamp after my daughter Carrie! This is the second stamp to be named after her.  

The first one is is "Carrie Swan Princess" which you can see here. Carrie has Auto immune Liver Disease and had been unwell over Christmas so you can just imagine her little face when she received her very own stamp from the postman!!

She is so proud of her stamps and love being "a little bit famous"!! I found her the other day on google looking up the name of the stamps to see if there were any cards made using her stamps online!

Here she is with her two "Carrie" stamps!!

I want to say a great big "Thank You" to Helen and Lew, our DT's Mamma and Papa Bear,  for making Carrie feel so special and also for being so understanding and caring while i have been ill. It really means a lot to us!

Her is my card card recipe 

Image - Elphine House Australia - Carrie on Trike!

 Papers - My Minds Eye (they were torn out of pads so not sure which collection)

Punches/dies - Cricut Storybook, Marianne design-flowers and flourishes, Cuttlebug flower die-bottom layer of flower, small butterfly punch.

Embellishments - lace and pearls from stash.

I would like to enter my card into these challenges also,

The Crafts Meow - Sketch!

The Stamping Boutique - Pearls and Swirls

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Pearls and Swirls

Craft your Passion - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Die and Punches

Marianne Design Divas - Winter Blues (blue theme)

Well thats all for now. Thanks for taking the time to read your way down my post!!

Have a lovely night!

Hugs,

Lynne x x

Elphine House Australia - Its a Boy Thing/Colour Challenge

Good Morning! Well this card is a tad bit late being posted..I have had a bad week with my health and just never got round to getting it done!

The current challenge over at the Elphine House Australia Challenge blog has been running just over a week now so you have about 4 days to get a entry in if you want the chance to win 2 EHA stamps of your choice. There is just some new releases over the past few weeks in the store so even more gorgeous images to choose from.

The theme this week is ..
ITS A BOY THING... using BLUE AND GREENS.

To enter all we ask is you use ANY ELISABETH BELL IMAGE.. doesn't need to be a EHA stamp and follow our theme. If you have any EHA stamps then we would love to see what you created with them.

Card Recipe
Image - Elphine House Australia - Tommy- Apples For Mummy Stamp.
Papers - MME Lost and Found Portobello Road.
Dies - Sizzix/Tim Holtz Paper Rosette die, Cricut - Story Book cartridge for Flourishes.
Other Embellishments - Silver studs, button etc all from stash.

I am also going to enter my card into....
Seems a little Sketchy Challenge following this weeks sketch.

Thanks for stopping by and i hope you can find the time to pop over to the EHA Challenge Blog and play along with us!

Have a great day, I will be back tomorrow with the new Crafty Calendar Challenge!
Take Care,
Lynne x x

Elphine House Australia Challenge - Around We Go!

Welcome to the last challenge of 2011 from Elphine House Australia!

I hope you all have a lovely Christmas! Today the weather here is awful, we have strong winds and rain. Just miserable. Its certainly a day for crafting!

So onto the challenge. Over at EHA the challenge this time is "Around we go". We are looking for projects with circles somewhere on there. Whether it a round card, or round mats and backgrounds, circular sentiments...you decide. As always you can use any Elisabeth Bell image from any Company. There are hundreds of EB fans out there so pop by and join in our last challenge of the year!!

For my project i have made a circular calendar using one of my favourite images of all time..."Dasiy".  I coloured her using Distress Inks. You can buy her here at the Elphine House Australia Store.

Here she is close up.

I used My Minds Eye paper for the top circle layer and the die circles are my Marianne design die. This was a very quick make but worked out great. The ribbon and gems were from my stash and the calendar is from Hobbycraft.

I would like to enter my calendar into the following challenges also,

My Mums Craft Shop - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter - Tied Bows

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Thats it from me tonight. I wish you all lots of love and wishes for 2012! I do hope you can pop by and join in our challenge!

Hugs,

Elphine House Australia Challenge - White on White!

Good Evening...how cold is it out there?? The wind is like ice and the rain makes it worse! At least the snow has gone! Well for now it has but we are due more soon i heard.

Anyway onto the Elphine House Challenge details. This time round its all about...

WHITE ON WHITE! 

I love playing with white on white cards. They make fab wedding cards and Christmas cards as well as every other occasion.

Here is my "white on white" creation with one of my favourite image from Elphine House Australia called Laura, Flower Girl. She is just gorgeous.

My Card Recipe..

Image - Laura, Flower Girl from Elphine House Australia.

Cardstock - White plain card.

Dies/Punches - Cheery Lynne flourish die and Marianne Design Circle Die.

Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug floral folder.

Flowers from Wild Orchid Craft.

Ribbon, gems and charm from my stash.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges also;

Crazy Amigo Challenge - Embossing.

Paper Creations Ink - Bling it up!

Paper Pretties - Ribbon.

Thanks for popping by. Hope you can join in with our challenge at the Elphine House Australia blog.

Have a great night!

Elphine House Australia Challenge - Sketch!

Good morning. Its time for another challenge from Elphine House Australia.

We have got a fab sketch to follow this time...here it is!

For my card i used my Elphine House Australia stamp called "Laura, flower girl. She is just gorgeous! There is now quite a collection of wedding stamps available from Elphine House Australia and very one of them are adorable.

       

Here is the card recipe;

Image - Elphine House Australia Stamp, Laura-flowers girl coloured with Promarkers.

Papers - Papermania Creative Tones and blue and brown cardstock.    

Die cuts - Tim Holtz On the Edge die and Marianne Swirl die.

Embellishments - Lace, gems, charms are all from stash.

Sentiment -Forever Friends Black and Gold

Here is a up close view of that adorable image from EHA

                                    

I would also like to enter into these challenges also;

Cards and More - Blue Pearl

Addicted to Stamps Challenge - Pearls and Lace

Craft Your Days Away - Embellishment Bingo! (Lace, charm, gems )

Stamp With Fun - Lace, 3 DP, 3 Flowers and Swirl.

Well thats me for now. I am off to check out the new Cricut Craftroom that has just been launched. I have never bought the Design Studio and glad i didnt, this just looks much like what the DS did. I love that we can now buy digital images and receive them right away. I dont use my Cricut Expression as much as i should but this will make it much better and more versatile.

Hope you can pop by the Elphine House Australia blog and join in with our sketch challenge!

Take Care,