Thank you card

I made this card for a very special friend who secretly painted our kitchen whilst we were on holiday!!(She did run it past James first)
The worst thing was she came round the night after we had got back and neither Martyn or I had noticed, it was a similar colour and Martyn's colour blind which was his excuse. We didn't realise until the following day after some quizzing by James & Natalie.
I was on the phone straight away to thank her and apologise for walking around with my eyes shut. Once I knew I couldn't believe how I hadn't noticed!

I wanted it to say "WE" so inked the stamp from Chalk Talk, which says "I" using a marker and the WE is the Sketch Alphabet & Numbers. Colours Elegant Eggplant & Wisteria Wonder.

Which way up?

As you can see I have been buying a few things from the new catalogue!
So I had to make space for them on my shelves, moving the retired stamps to a higher shelf LOL.
Now I can't decided which way to store the stamps - decisions, decisions.
I love the new wood mount storage boxes and can't wait for them to become available to order so I can put current stamps in that are in the old boxes.

I have prepared todays post yesterday and trying to se if it works, so fingers crossed.

Today I'm sharing the new pressed clay from Stampin Up. It is a white moulding air drying clay (or in the freezer for 10 minutes which I found better for the buttons) which you can colour with Stampin Up inks before you use it or paint them afterwards with markers or inkpads.
Stampin Up have 2 molds Buttons & Blossoms but I used a chocolate mold I used for the wedding so dig out your drawers and see what you have in the kitchen. You could use biscuit cutters or for the cake icers amongst you I'm sure you will have all kinds of tools to use, and you can of course mold ot freehand.
The clay is very light and doesn't set solid so great for your scrapbooks or if using on a card that requires posting.

I loved making these whilst watching the TV with a tray on my knee or in the kitchen whilst making the tea.

I have been having a play today and have created a title banner and side border which I think I'm pleased with but if you have any comments feel free to share with me good or bad i.e. is it easy on the eye, easy to read, too fussy.

Some more creations from the catalogue launch for you today using the Tag a Bag Gift Boxes and Tag a Bag Accessory kit.

This one also uses the Baby Tees roller and the new Smoky Slate ink. I have then cut out the baby grows and used the little pegs in the accessory kit to hang on the Bakers twine, also in the accessory kit. Sweet baby is from Itty Bitty banners and Precious Baby is from That's the Ticket. 

 I made this for a colleagues 50th Birthday and I know she loves Yankee Candles and 3 fit nicely in the box. Stamps used Gingham Roller, Create a Cupcake and That's the Ticket. 
I have stuck the gingham card band and corner onto the acetate sleeve and stuck the other things onto it. This way the box can slide out and leave the decoration firmly in place.

I must have looked strange in the shops carrying a box and finding what would fit in it!!!
This wine just a say does. You can just see I have embossed the top of the acetate sleeve with Fancy Fan Embossing Folder and punched 2 holes near the top to tie the ribbon. The tag is from the accessory kit and the To & From is the new Label Love stamp set and matching punch.
I made a box base to stand the box into. Cut a 4" square of card, score at 3/4" on each side. Cut along score mark at each corner to fold inside to create the box sides. 

The possibilities are endless with these boxes and will make great packing for any gifts.
Other ideas could include sweets, biscuits, chocolates, socks, scarves, make-up, small toys....etc. etc.

Welcome...

...to my blog Crafty Lynn. This is something I have been wanting to create for at least 2 years but have never got round to doing it...but now I have!

Hopefully I will manage to keep it up to date and share my creations with you.
I hope to develop and change it as I go along and learn how to do things. Maybe I will be able to do regular weekly posts, will see how it goes.


But for now here are some of the things I made for the launch of the new Stampin Up catalogue.

Cards made using the Mosaic Madness stamp set and Modern Mosaic embossing folder and the birthday greeting is Perfectly Penned.
Colours used in the first card are two of the new in-colours, Baked Brown Sugar and Crisp Cantaloupe....

... the second using Rich Razzleberry and Strawberry Slush ink with Sahara Sand and Rich Razzleberry cardstock. The greeting is Itty Bitty Banners stamp set and cut using Bitty Banner framelits.