House of Cards May Challenge – Bokeh Effect

Hi There,

I'm back again with another challenge over at House of Cards, this month the challenge is to create a card with a bokeh effect. Each week throughout the month there will be inspiration from different members of the design team.

For my card I went with a block of pattern paper from the Simon Says Stamp November card kit and then I stamped some circles on it with some white pigment ink to give the bokeh effect, a sentiment and a couple of fancy underlines and job done.

Thanks for looking, Lorry :o) xx

House of Cards – April Challenge

Hi There

I'm back today with another House of Cards challenge, this month it's a colour combo plus you can add a butterfly if you fancy.

I decided to go for it and do both as I haven't used a butterfly for a while. I used a mid blue a little more dusky than the turquoise in the pic as I wanted the butterfly to really pop. The sentiment and the leaf die are both from Clearly Besotted and the butterfly is from Memory Box, I cut it from white and coloured it up with ink daubers and distress inks. A classic combo of dots and stripes for the pattern papers and job done!

Thanks for looking, Lorry :o) xx

House of Cards March Challenge – Use Enamel Dots

Hi There

This months challenge over at House of Cards is to Use Enamel Dots. There will be loads of inspiration throughout the month as well as tutorials on how to make your own enamel dots at home.

For this card I used a kraft card base and some pattern papers from Stampin' Up! Fresh Prints paper stack. A few punched hearts, some white thread and some enamel dots and job done!

Thanks for looking, Lorry :o) xx

House of Cards February Challenge – Love

Hi There

I'm back with another challenge over at House of Card. The theme this month is Love .

For this card I used a stamp set I got a few months ago which came free with the magazine Get Stamping. I was drawn to the retro tattoo style of the wings on the heart and thought it would look good as a pic in a frame, the background was clear embossed to make the aqua card stock look like flock wallpaper to keep it retro.

Thanks for looking, Lorry :o) xx

House of Cards January Challenge – Use Glitter and/or Colour/Photo Inspiration

Hi There and Happy New Year.

I have some great news, I have been accepted onto the House of Cards deign team, Yah!

To kick things off for 2015 the challenge is to Use Glitter and/or Colour/Photo Inspiration, plus there is a blog hop with all the fab design team taking part, so hop over and join in the fun.

Thanks for looking, Lorry :o) xx

Here is the photo inspiration

And here is my effort!

House of Card Challenge and DT Entry

Hi there,

I haven't entered a challenge for quite a while but when I saw the picture inspiration over at House of Cards I just had to play along. They are having a design team call with this challenge so I am gonna give that a go too.

I have kept to a clean and simple design as I wanted the die cut from the W Plus 9 Stag Trio set to be the main feature, just a bit of pattern paper and a sentiment from clearly Besotted and it was done, oh, and of course a little red gem for his nose!

Thanks for looking
Lorry :o) xxx

Here is my effort

and here is the photo inspiration