Twins Turn Three

Hi Bloggers

I'm sharing 2 cards today that I made recently for my cousins twin boys birthday. It doesn't seem possible they are 3 already & they are still as cute, and a lot more cheeky, as they were when they were teeny babies

I made both cards using Crafters Companion Scruffy Little Kitten stamps, coloured with Pro Markers and using papers & embellishments from my stash

I just love these stamps, they are so easy to colour and I'm actually quite pleased that I managed to make 2 boys cards that I like, my male cards are normally pants

Hope you like them

Happy Crafting

xxx

Sweet Flowers

Hi Bloggers

I hope you are all well and enjoying your crafting whatever it is you are doing

Here in Peterborough,England we have had 5 days of lovely sunshine so I have spent some time gardening with my Mum and then sitting out in the evenings doing some crochet. Even though I'm not a great fan of the sun it has been a nice change to be able to get outside for a bit

Not only do I now have flowers in my garden I have my project for Lemon Shortbread Challenge #15

to share with you which has flowers on it too and the super sweet

Bouquet for You Fairy

digi image

I coloured her with ProMarkers & First Edition Twin Markers, colours below, and Sakura Gelly Roll Violet Sparkle on the dots on her dress. I decided I wanted to give her some special wings so I traced the original digi image wings onto blue vellum, scored the design, cut them out and stuck behind the fairy. I wanted to raise her from the card a little but I had run out of 1mm foam pads so I used a couple of layers of plain card behind her just enough to raise her 1-2mm

The papers are from a pad called 'All Bright Colors' by Craft Sensations and I added paper flowers in the same colours and 'Silver Pearl' Liquid Pearls drops to their centres and the card corners

I hope you like my inspiration for our 15th challenge and that you will come along and join us, as always its 'Anything Goes' and if you use a Lemon Shortbread image you can win 4 images instead of 3

***DT CALL***
We are having a DT Call looking for 2 new DT members to join us, for full details please see the post here

Happy Crafting

xxx

ProMarker Colours Used

hair- walnut, burnt sienna, cocoa, cinnamon

skin - First Edition Markers rosy 10, nude 09, ivory 08

flowers - moss, pear green, magenta, carmine, cocktail pink

ribbon/shoes - magenta, carmine, cocktail pink

bow - magenta,carmine, cocktail pink, true blue, azure, sky blue

dress - true blue, azure, sky blue, aubergine, plum, purple

I would like to enter this into these challenges:
Deep Ocean Challenge
Craft You Passion Challenges
Crafting from the Heart
Love to Scrap
Dare2B ArtZy
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Quirky Crafts
Robyn's Fetish

Cute as a Cup Cake

Hello Bloggers

It's time for the next 

Lemon Shortbread Challenge

& as always we have an 'Anything Goes' theme

I used the sweet

Cupcakes Delight

digi image for my make this week

Isn't she cute :)

I coloured her with ProMarkers, colours listed below, and used papers & sentiment tag that were free in a craft magazine recently. I coloured the front cupcake, cherries and her hat twice so I could layer them up, added glossy accents to her eyes & the cherries and clear glitter pen to the cupcake sprinkles

I hope you will join in our challenge this time, if you use a Lemon Shortbread image you can win more digi's

Happy Crafting

xxx

ProMarkers Used

eyes: twilight sky, grey green, soft green

skin: copics E02 E11 YR00 YR000

hair: mustard, pastel yellow, vanilla

shoes/cherries: burgundy, cardinal red, ruby

dress/hat: grey green, soft green, tea green

midnight blue, china blue, cobalt blue

cupcakes: midnight blue, china blue, cobalt blue

walnut, burnt sienna, cocoa

antique pink, dusky rose, budding rose

duck egg, cool aqua, tea green

summer sun, mustard, buttercup, ivory

apron: burgundy, cardinal red, ruby

walnut, burnt sienna, cocoa

I would like to enter this into these challenges:

Flowers & Curls

Hello Bloggers

How can it be April already!! It will soon be time to start on my Christmas cards again lol

But for today I'm sharing my DT make for 

Challenge #13 at Lemon Shortbread

I used 'Flowers & Curls Girl' isn't she stunning. She is coloured with my ProMarkers and I added clear glitter Wink of Stella over her blur hair and purple Liquid Pearls to the small flower centres

I hope you will join our challenge this time and also share your Lemon Shortbread makes on our Facebook page

Happy Crafting

xxx

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Through the Craft Room Door
Crafting from the Heart
Dream Valley Challenges
Lost Coast Designs - sentiment is rubber stamp
Melonheadz Friends
Come and Get It
Corrosive Challenge

Whoops, Sorry I'm Late

Hello Bloggers

and a big sorry from me

I've been having problems with my laptop and couldn't get onto my blog to do my post for the Lemon Shortbread Challenge #12 but thankfully I've been reunited with a fully working laptop and can share my make with you now

I used 'Star Girl' and decided to use her for an altered notebook I was making. The notebook was only 4"x3" so I had to make her quite small to fit. I coloured her with ProMarkers and added clear Wink of Stella glitter pen to her stars. I covered the notebook with papers that I distressed with mini ink pads and added ruffled ribbon to the spine edge before finishing with some flat back star embellishments

You can find her and all of the other great Lemon Shortbread digi images in the Etsy shop here and don't forget to enter the challenge and you could win some images

Happy Crafting

Kate

xxx

I would like to enter this into these challenges:

Scrap-Creations

StampArt

Sweet Stamps

Through the Craft Room Door

Artistic Inspirations

Colouring in Scrapland

Crafting from the Heart

Craft Your Passion

Dream Valley Challenges

Get Creative

Sweet Roses

Hi Bloggers

Brrrrrr its so cold at the minute, where's the lovely Spring weather? I can't wait for the plants and flowers to start sprouting and growing in my garden again, I love flowers and decided to use a very floral image for my DT make at Lemon Shortbread this time

Isn't she just so pretty

She is called 'Rose Wavy Hair' and is available here. I coloured her with ProMarkers, colours listed below, and once she was finished I knew she would be perfect for another Pocket Letter swap where the theme is 'Shabby Chic with Pink'

I made some paper and lace flowers, ribbon pull bows, a decorated pin and scrunched up netting to decorate along with air dry clay bird & cherub, die cut butterflies, teeny rolled roses and pearl trim

I hope my partner loves it as much as I loved making it, and yes it was scary to chop her up after I coloured her 

I hope you will join our challenge this time where you could win some fabulous Lemon Shortbread digi stamps

Happy Crafting

xxx

ProMarkers Used

skin - apricot, coral, oatmeal, blush

dress - sorbet, blossom, pale blossom

dress trim & roses - maroon, tropical orchid, pink carnation, fuchsia pink

leaves - marsh green, soft green, fresh meadow

hair - buttercup, daffodil bloom, ivory, blender

flowers - coral, sunkissed pink, dusky pink, putty

eyes - silver lining

I would like to enter this into these challenges

WOW! Challenge #10 at Lemon Shortbread Already

Hello Bloggers

I cant believe we are at Challenge #10 already here at Lemon Shortbread, time is whizzing by

I knew as soon as I saw this digi that I had to make a Mothers Day card for my mum using it, and as its Mothers Day on Sunday here is the UK I don't have long to wait to see if she likes it. She loves gardening and and last summer we did a lot of gardening together working on the front garden of my new bungalow, this year we hope to remodel the back garden

Isn't she so sweet

She is called Gardening Girl and I coloured her with ProMarkers (colours listed below) and all my papers & the frame embellishments are from the Papermania Bellissima collection. The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards and the flowers & lace are from my stash

I hope you will come along and join our challenge, which as always is

Anything Goes

and if you use a Lemon Shortbread image you can win 4 images of your choice. Take a look at all the wonderful images Vera draws here

I look forward to seeing all your fab entries

Happy Crafting

xxx

ProMarkers Used

skin - apricot, coral, oatmeal, blush

hair - walnut, burnt sienna, cocoa, cinnamon

eyes/tray - burnt sienna, cocoa, cinnamon

trousers/gloves/bow - grey green, pebble blue, tea green

top/hat/shoes/butterflies/flowers - coral, sunkissed pink, dusky pink

potted plants - summer sun, mustard, buttercup

coral, sunkissed pick, dusky pink

pesto, marsh green, pressed leaf

olive green, herb green, pear green

apple, leaf green, meadow green

denim, frozen lake

bushes - pesto, marsh green, pressed leaf

path - khaki, frosted leaf, pastel beige

sky - denim blue, dolphin blue, frozen lake

I would like to enter this into these challenges:

Dragonfly Journeys

Crafty Friends

Crazy 4 Challenges

Sweet Stampin'

Art by Miran

Crafting With Friends

Creative Fingers

Simply Papercraft

The Stamping Boutique

Polkadoodles - sentiment/lace/flower