October Winner!

October Winner

from

WOW Embossing Powders

We're sure that our choice of winner this time will be extremely popular!

This lady has contributed to just about every one of our challenges and comments on many, many submissions (in a foreign language for her too)!

Her work is wonderful, so without further ado we have to let you know that it is 

LOLI

El Taller de los Recuerdos

If you can email us with your contact details Loli, we'll pass them on to WOW so that they can send your prize to you!

Many Congratulations.

Please take the Winner's Badge from the page at the top to display on your blog!

Autumn ShowCASe Week 90

We have another wonderful bunch of cards to show you this week.

It is really such a delight to peruse all the submissions each time and here are a few of the many fabulous cards from our Autumn challenge!

Jen

Kelly

Jacqueline

Gerrina

Sylvia-Anne

What a simply stunning selection of cards. We are SO fortunate to have such wonderful crafters submitting such fabulous cards each week. I'm sure that we are all inspired by the sheer talent amongst our number!

Thank you ladies; do please take the ShowCASe badge from the page at the top to display on your blogs.

Congratulations everyone.

We'll be back with our October winner of the goodies from 

WOW EMBOSSING POWDERS

very soon.

Week 89 ShowCASe

One layer week presents LIMettes with no trepidation these days and week 89 had  some fabulous examples.

Here are just a few of the wonderful submissions we received for our 'Wings' challenge.

Laurie

Simple embellishments are allowed... like this lovely ribbon.

Albany

Beautiful inking

Shirley D

Superb stamping

Susan

What vibrant wings

Lyndal

Such an effective spotlight technique

We are honoured to have such consummate crafters joining in so regularly with our weekly challenges.

Please take the ShowCASe badge from the page at the top to display on your blogs ladies.

Don't forget to check back here tomorrow for our new challenge.

Congratulations and thanks you all.

Week 90 Theme

Great News!

This has been an extremely exciting, abominably busy and somewhat stressful week for Mandi, as she is now the proud new owner of Finishing Touches, a wedding services business based on the Isle of Wight.

She has been connected with the company for some months but it's now all hers and I'm sure you would like to join me is wishing her every success in her new venture.

She will not be posting a sample card for our challenge this week as her time has been totally focused on her new endeavour, however I'm sure that you would like to visit her blog HERE, as she has lots of her crafting goodies for sale as she is streamlining her resources. Lots of them are practically unused... I myself have found quite a few bargains, I'm sure you will too. 

Sadly she can only mail to UK addresses.

Now onto our theme for this week which is

AUTUMN

You can take your inspiration from colours, festivals, seasonal images... whatever... but don't forget to keep it simple and retain that white space!

Chrissie

This card uses the SU set Autumn Splendour. It's a great leaf image, which together with the acorns, I made into a tile by layering several sheets of die-cut card together, stamping, colouring with watercolour pencils and clear embossing the whole tile. 

The background band was scored and the swiped with a couple of colours of Distress ink. The sentiment is by Art Impressions.

This one was inspired by Birgit, one of our wonderful LIMettes who makes the most amazing cards, in a most original style.

The tree dies are by Memory Box and the Octagons by Spellbinders.

The background was merely inked with several shades of Distress ink and then overstamped with SU  leaves from the Confetti set.

Here's that great oak leaf stamp again, this time stamped and clear embossed, with one leaf cut out and raised on pop dots to add a little dimension. Another sentiment from Art Impressions.

The border punch is by Fiskars.

We'll look forward to seeing your contributions.

Don't forget to visit Mandi and wish her Good Luck!

Week 89 One Layer

Time for
ONE LAYER
again and this time we have given you lots of scope with our theme of

Wings
There are lots of things which would qualify in this category... insects, birds, cars, aeroplanes... what else can you think of?

Mandi

This sweet littl ebirdie is form Tim Holtz set Urban Decay [I am actualy selling it in my page on my blog] Distress Inks, Faded Jeans an dTumbled Glass to create the shading.
 The sentiment is Close to my Heart.
IRL this shading is much more blended, the camera seems to have bought out the colour changes somehow

This is a really old Stampin Up set Along the Same Lines, but, one I love for it's quirkiness.
Literally stamped nd good old fashioned coloured in using my SU markers.
The sentiment is SU too, seperate set, but, I think it works well with this design.

Chrissie
Before I say anything else I would like to thank Mandi for holding the fort here at LIM so valiantly amidst the  excitement of her new business venture, whilst I was away on my month long holiday in California, Nevada and Hawaii!
I really tried to keep up with visiting as many LIMettes as I could via my iPad, but Internet coverage was not always easy, so please accept my apologies if I did not get around to visiting you.
I prepared all my sample cards in advance which was a bit of a marathon in itself, but some may not have been as scintillating as I may have wished, so I hope you will forgive me.
These cards were also prepared before I left for my holiday, as I only got home last night and am still feeling a trifle jet lagged!
I'll post some pics of my holiday on my personal blog soon, but we have our son and DIL plus our daughter and grandchildren staying this weekend so things are somewhat busy around here... but great fun!

Here's that fab bird from the Rubber Stamp Gallery again. This time in a one layer version.
I stamped and then masked him before adding the masked oval and then inking over him using Bashful Blue with an ink duster brush. Before removing the masks, I stamped the various birthday greetings in the space surrounding the bird, and added a single 'happy birthday' underneath.

 

This aeroplane is from Stampin' Up's Plane and Simple set. I stamped it and then cut a mask from a second image before stamping part of SU's Friendly background stamp over the mask.
The sentiment did start out as being completely one layer, but despite careful placing (as I thought) I wasn't happy with the orientation of the stamp, so  I re-did it and added it over the top. I'm sure you've all been there!
Your One Layer Cards go from strength to strength and so many people are much more comfortable with leaving that all important white space.
We can't wait to see what you do with this challenge!

ShowCASe Week 87 Lucky Dip

We had so many fabulous entries for our Lucky Dip week 87

Thank you once again for joining us as Guest Designer Susan

Without further ado here are our choices

Sure you will love them too.

Jenny

Albany

Fen

Eva 

couldn't decided between the two!

Well done ladies and thank you once again

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See you tomorrow....it's one layer week!

Week 88 Colour

The first week of the month is time for another colour challenge and for your delectation this time we have chosen

Silver

It could be ink, paper, card, embossing powder, metal, a charm, whatever you can dream up as long as there's a touch of silver somewhere.

Our sponsor for this month is the fabulous WOW Embossing powders

Thank you once again to Tania for agreeing to be a regular sponsor here

Chrissie

I have needed to make lots of wedding cards recently and here is the gorgeous stamp from Stampin' Up's Love and Laughter set. It's embossed in silver and mounted on a Spellbinders Blossom Tags die-cut. The dry embossing I believe is from a Cuttlebug border folder.

Here is a Memory Box die cut key, mounted on a simple rectangle, cut with a Nestie and embossed with a Cuttlebug mesh embossing folder. The silver mount for this was also cut with a Nestie rectangle, which was adapted in length in order to fit around the embossing. There is a tutorial for adapting the size of die cuts which can be found by looking on our tips and tutorials page at the top of our blog.
The sentiment is from SU's So Happy for you set.





Mandi

So, I've not got any silver embossing powder...what a weirdo! I had planned to silver emboss this heart, but instead had to use black. I do like the look having said that! The stamp is Stampin Up You Are Loved
Once stamped I added the little flowers and tiny butterfly in a silver pearlescent card, the same as the card base. Then gems and pearls.  I really like the random design of this stamp, I like things like that.

Here is a close up









I have another card on my personal blog, if you want to have a looksie!

Have a good week, the weather has turned in the UK, winter is around the corner.

Week 87 Lucky Dip

For our 5 weeek months we have a 'Lucky Dip' challenge and a special guest.

this month we have asked Susan Goetter to join us. You will all know and love her as she is such an inspiration, entering multiple challenges every week.....what a star!

Our challenge this week is

Love & Marriage
Susan

Mandi

i am just showing a wedding set I have made for ouor exhibition this Sunday, tomorrow.
These bows have been everywhere around the blog world. I love them!
The paper is Pink Petticoat Harlequin in Pistachio.

Chrissie

Whenever I think of weddingy cards I nearly  always turn to white on white. Maybe it's the purity I associate with marriage I don't know, but I love the look nevertheless.
Here I used a Stampin' Up embossing folder with a few Memory Box flowers and a computer generated sentiment mounted on Nesties.
Really simple.

Here is another in the same vein, an easel card this time. Lots of embossing and a computer generated sentiment. I apologise for the dreadful photos, but I seem to be having some issues recently with images of my cards. I will try harder!

Hope you feel the love this week....
Happy crafting

Week 86 Recipe

For our recipe this week,we'd like to revisit a challenge which has been very popular each time we have used it and it's simply to
Take 3 Challenges
If you look back at the list of our past challenges on the page at the top of our blog, you can choose any three to combine in your project... if you fancy the theme of a One Layer Week... you don't necessarily have to make a one layer card for this particular challenge.

Chrissie

Here is a simple card with no stamping. The sentiment was computer generated in Skinny jeans hollow and solid fonts. The ted is from a Sizzlets die, mounted on Spellbinders ovals and glittered with Glamour DUst. The final touch is a length of pretty ribbon.
Challenges Week 23 Something with Legs
Week 49 Predominantly Purple
Week 68 Card for a Child.

I was asked to make a card for someone who wanted to send greetings to friends who have gone to live in the States for a couple of years. This is what I came up with. Once more there is no stamping involved with this one.
The ziggy zaggy bit sort of represents the ocean between our two countries and the star was to save me from constructing a complete American flag... I would have hated to get the number or position of the stars and stripes wrong. Betsy Ross wouldn't have been pleased!
Here are the combined challenges for this one.
Week 39 Stars
Week 55 Punches or die cuts
Week 70 Red , White and Blue

Mandi

For my card I have these three challenges in mind, but, there have been so many others it would fit too...
Week 1 Pink, Black & White
Week 43 Bling
Week 58 Script
Week 55 Punch or Die Cuts [flower]
I cut a square of 9cm x 9cm.
Stamped the Stampin Up dots from the Confetti set in Versamark and clear embosssed. Then sponged TH Distress Spun Sugar ink, then over stamped SU En Francais script stamp over one corner. I repleated stamping the dots onto my card base and again inked lightly on one corner and slightly on the left hand spine side.
I cut my squares formthe 9cm square I'd inked. Making 1 x 5cm and 2 x 4cm squares.
Stamped the SU HB senitment and placed the squares as you can see.
Added the die cit SU daisy flower and bling to finish.
The daisy looks a bit flat, but, there are 4 layers, shaped with my thumb and fore finger for extra dimension.


SO much scope this week, maybe too much?
Sure you will find your card fits lots more than 3!

Have fun and see you through the week on your own blogs

Week 85 Theme

For our theme this week we have a really easy project for you... simply incorporate an

OVAL

into your design somewhere... what could be easier?

Mandi

I always make my wedding couples a card in their colour scheme. This one as black and white...of course!
Firstly I embossed the 'oval' designer frame by Stampin Up through my Big Shot on a larger piece of card. Then cut around it, placing it evenly around the ival embosssed frame. The sentiment is computer generated and the fabulous font is called Ma Sexy. I punched this with an oval punch, again SU and mounted 3d into the centre. Pinched flowers in black and a SU leaf branch. Gems to finish. Uber easy, but using an oval nevertheless!

Chrissie

I discovered the stamps from the Rubber Stamp Gallery some time ago and really love the ones I have. Some of you may remember the sea birds I used on my card for our Sewing challenge, here is another from their range featuring a stylised boat, it really appeals to me. The waves were made from the waste from my SU scalloped edge punch. I added the birds as an afterthought. The sentiment was die cut from the Sizzix Typewriter die.

Another stamp from the Rubber Stamp Gallery. This makes me think of summer cottages by the sea... I really like the birds you can find which look as though they have been carved from driftwood... all sun bleached and worn.

The sentiment is from SU, cut out with a Word Window punch and reduced in size, then mounted on  the larger SU sentiment punchie, which I wrapped with a little baker's twine.

ShowCASe Week 83 Colour

For our Colour week

Brown & Pink

we had lots of amazing entries, as always

Thank you

These handful caught our eye, aren't they Bobby Dazzlers!

Carol

Jen

Kim

Elsea

Susan

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See you tomorrow wiht our new challenge.

Week 84 One Layer Challenge

Firstly a small housekeeping matter,
A few months ago we extended the time for your submissions to 11pm [23:00 BST]
There are only a handful of later entries so as of this week we are returning to our original closure time of
9pm [21:00hrs British Summer Time]

Everybody's favourite!

The 

One Layer Card

Challenge Week

For the focus of your contributions this week we would like to see 

FOLIAGE

but PLEASE don't forget to leave that all important white space...

Chrissie

I guess lots of you have come to expect this kind of card from me on one layer weeks. You know how much I love inking and a little emboss resist and so here is my favourite French Foliage stamp set from SU, plus the leaf image from the confetti set.

I masked the card and then lightly dusted the exposed panel with Lucky Limeade ink and then when dry stamped the tiny leaves with Versamark and clear embossed them. After this I added the Cajun Craze (with a little Pumpkin Pie for good measure) at the base of the panel and some Pool Party at the top. 

Finally the larger leaves were stamped with Cajun Craze, my little splodges stamp found its way into the scene too!

I drew some lines at the top and bottom of the panel as the edges were not crisp enough for my liking and then added embossed lines too, using a score board.

The sentiment is from Art Impressions.

Here is a little letterpress effect card. I used my Cuttlebug leaf embossing folder, which I inked on the raised leaf side with Lucky Limeade ink before adding the card and running through my Cuttlebug machine.

The sentiment is from an AAW Printworks stamp.

Simples!

Mandi

 The stamp is from a Stampin Up set Borderlines. I used the new 'Gumball Green' from the new addition In Colours that have just been launched. I think this is a fabulous shade! SU ink pads have been given a new design, both with the packaging, slightly and the inky bit. They are now a smoother, wetter pad. I like them!
Don't need to say what I did.....won't insult you!
Sentiment is also from Stampin' up.

Using a couple of stamps rom Inylicious Meadow Breze set here  and also one from Stampn Up Pocket Silhousttes inking again in Gumball Green, Wysteria Wonder and Bashful Blue.
Stamped and double stamped randomly until I thought there was enough!

The sentiment, easier to see IRL, is Katzelkraft here It is THE most fabulous set, different style for me but I love it. My lovely Chrissie bought it for me last year.

Maybe you can see better here when you enlarge it

 I didn't do a personal blog post, thank you for the couple that noticed. I didn't have anything else to offer, and don't again this week...sorry
BUT have done a post on my blog

Have fun with your one layer cards, we look forward to seeing your designs.