Thinking of You Green Ombre card

Just a quick post for a change. I made this card for a dear friend, then disaster struck! I had just finished photographing it and I saw a watermark had suddenly appeared at the very edge half  way down :(  You can't see it here....it happened a couple of minutes later.     I think it was the white tak stuff I used to hold the card closed whilst taking a photo. Never had  that happen before. Anyway because of where it  was I was unable to hide it.       I was most annoyed as I had taken so much  care over making it (sob sob). Never mind I made another one which was much simpler and more my style. I will show you that another time.       Happy crafting my lovely friends ;)        

    White Linen card Pink Petticoat Ombre digi papers  Stampin Up E/F Label Fancy Tags Two Memory Box Flower die HoneyBlossom Sprig WPlus9 sentiment  Memento Tuxedo Black ink Clear gems from stash

Silver Hello card

Good afternoon friends, and a lovely warm sunny day it is here I am pleased to say. Hope it's as good wherever you are too !     I have my usual 'Less is More' card to share with you today. So busy yesterday with the 'littlies' so no time to make it until  now, more about that later though.     It's a 'recipe' this week over at LIM  and...............     SOMETHING SHINY   This is what I came up after a bit of thought.I layered some vellum after a bit of stamping. Soft shades of blue/green,  a touch of silver for the 'something shiny' & a few clear sparkly sequins.     Anyway come and have a closer look......  The usual ps. bit is below my card today as it goes on forever lol. Ok to just see  my card instead ;)      

     

  White Linen card White vellum Silver card Lawn Fawn 'Let's Bokeh' stamps  Clearly Besotted sentiment die Mama Elephant inks Neat & Tangled Clear sequins Vellum glue dots       ps. I decided to do a 'dinosaur' day for our grandchildren yesterday ;) Any excuse really lol !    I printed out lots of dinosaur pictures/ games, bought loads of dinosaurs  (rubber or plastic). Cut out dinosaur 'feet' and left a trail all through the house.   They each had a dinosaur name, Charliesaurus, Alexanderapter and Lanatops. and crocodile 'hats' from the good old £ shop.   The children loved it, I renamed their play tent to 'Dino Den' ....although Charlie said it was a pirate tent still after the last pirate day ;)   I left a trail of dinosaur cards for a garden  treasure type hunt which went down very  well with them. Each had their own initial & a  number on the back and they had to bring it to  daddy to check of a list.   The prize was a dinosaur each, ( wrapped in  layers of newspaper so it resembled a  large egg). Charlie was disappointed it  wasn't chocolate though ;)   After a few more dinosaur memory games  they had 'monster' stilt feet to walk in. Then their most loved game the 'dinosaur obstacle  course'.    They had to pick up a small coloured ball (dinosaur egg) cross a chair, walk on 'dinosaur' eggs ( cut out of card) without  touching the carpet.    Then over a bench and through the 3 part  tunnels ( bought for last 'do'...so popular  with them that!).    The naughty daddies and granddad tried to  catch them as they went through the tunnels  and pretended to be dinosaurs lol.   Then they had to deposit their 'egg' into a  large bowl and start all over again. It proved so popular with them they used the 8 'eggs', they I quickly replaced them again and again so the game could continue lol.    Those boys move sooooo fast now,so much laughing.... it was  all a blur. I think I lost  several lbs in the process and it tired the  boys out.....for a while too ;)   They each got a kinder egg at the end, so Charlie was very happy. It was also a celebration for our eldest son's birthday (2 days earlier) so Charlie loved helping put candles on the cake.     He helped daddy to blow them out too ;) Cake is Charlie's passion so he had a piece too along wth Alexander and Lana....silence prevailed.   I won't mention the 'bones' I made and cooked  using a salt dough recipe. I hid them in damp sand for a fossil dig.    Disaster!!!! Alexander flicked sand in his eye and  Charlie put sand everywhere.We gave up after that..... I found out later all the hard 'bones' had gone soggy  in the sand overnight so I threw them away!   Ooh sorry this goes on forever.......well done if you read it all lol. I am already planning a  'jungle' day next. With vines and big leaves and monkeys hanging from them.    Yes I am mad!!! What would I do without grandchildren now??    

Technology cards

Good afternoon friends, the sun is shining and it's a lovely warm day here today. I hope you all have good weather too.     I have another 'Less is More' card to share with you today.......infact I have  three !!!

The theme this week is.........      Technology 
  I thought this would prove to be a very difficult type of card to make  but infact it was very easy.      Don't you just love  it when  that happens ;) I used some Pink  Petticoat digi papers, a new set of  dies (Die-Namics) I have just aquired  and a little inspiration from the web.

So technology helped me make these if you think about it ! Anyway come and have a closer look.    
Enjoy your weekend whatever  you have planned ;)  

This is me I think lol !

Pink Petticoat French Country digi papers (Chevrons) The papers are a lovely creamy beige colour btw.  Hard to see here though. Computerized text

Same PP set of papers (Watercolour stripes) Computerized text

Same PP papers (Waterfall hearts) Computerized text

Blue easel card and some digi pages

Good afternoon friends, a damp day here today, hope it's nicer where you are!     I have been meaning to design my own digi type easel card for a while now.   I have a few bought ones but really wanted to start from scratch and  make my own using punches, shading etc.     This is just a trial one, I will personalize them once I know who they are for later.     The worst bit (once I had figured out how to design it) was cutting it all out. Don't look too closely please lol ;)     Also I must thank Val for tips on  making this type of card, thank you Val ;)     I have added a couple of my latest digi  pages too if you want a peek. I seem to be really into making digi things atm.     I will be back soon with another 'LIM' card as usual though.     ps. I seem to be having a smashing time this week lol ! The front door fell off  my tumble drier and smashed the glass (it was quite old). I dropped two small  side plates and broke them.                                            
  Then I sat on a garden bench yesterday and I heard a creak....you guessed it...it broke. After my poor OH falling off a ladder last week, we have had several mishaps this week too lol.      

Photo by KP of Marta Everest

Geometric pattern

Good afternoon friends, I hope all is well with you. Just popping by to share this card I made recently.     My usual pastel shades again and a bit of pattern ;) Just had to include my usual pink of course !      

    Challenges 
Virginia's View challenge  #18 Geometric patterns   Pinterest Inspired challenge (see pic below)

    Supplies White Linen card Watercolour card My Favourite Things stencil Wonky Chevron Lawn Cuts die Zig Clean Color pens Neat & Tangled sequins     Here is a quick digi page I made also, see below.

Wishing you Joy (Pink & Lilac)

Good afternoon friends, very sunny here today, athough I spy some clouds now alas.     Over at 'Less is More' it's a 'one layer' card challenge again and the theme is......       WISHING       Not that keen on one layer cards really but I came up with this idea. Yes back to my usual colours I'm afraid lol...and more  watercolouring too!



Enjoy your weekend whatever you have  planned ;) Thank you to everyone who sent  their best wishes to my OH who fell off  a ladder a few days ago. He is mending  nicely I am pleased to report ;)

Watercolour card Zig clean color pens WPlus9 Flower stamp Hero Arts sentiment  Ink It Up Clear embossing ink Wow Embossing powder White Versacolor Lilac ink Memento Tuxedo Black ink Glamour dust Neat & Tangled sequins

Green and Gold Crazy Bird

  Good morning friends/playmates, hope you all have the glorious sun we have today. A real Summer's day here, hope it lasts a while.     I have my 3rd and last 'Less is More' card for this week to show you today. The colour theme is 'Green and Gold'. This is what I came up  with. Come and have a closer peek ;)       Just loving these Crazy Bird stamps, they make me smile everytime I look at them. This one certainly looked  as if  it was sorry to me lol,  so I went with a 'Sorry' sentiment.       ps. Bit of drama here yesterday, my poor OH fell of a ladder.....don't ask, it's complicated lol !  He gashed his leg rather badly so a quick trip to  A&E.      He had  several stitches etc. and I even watched   them do it,..... fascinating ...bit gory too though.   Such skillful nurses/Dr's they were  fantastic!!!        Also I seem to have  overcome  my squeamish  side too....who knew! Glad to report he is much  better today and mending nicely :)           

    White Linen card Watercolour card TH Crazy Bird stamp TH Distress inks Brilliance Galaxy Gold ink Heat It Up E/P Enchanted Gold Gold Acrylic Paint ( dots) My Favourite Things sentiment stamp Memento Tuxedo Black ink     Challenges   'Less is More'    Colour challenge Green & Gold  NBUS Challenge #5 (The bird is NBUS as is the sentiment)

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Green Feathers and a touch of gold

Good afternoon friends, just popping by to  show you another 'Less is More' card.     I used some distress inks and a few drops  of gold on the feathers.  
I stamped the sentiment and used a touch of gold gilding paste on the edge. The edge looks very golden irl, a tad darker  here though as usual. I pinched the gilding paste from  my OH lol.        He has so many yummy things in his garage/ workshop as he makes a lot of things out of  wood. I may be checking out his other supplies there now ;)      

      White Linen card Watercolour card Impression Obsession feather dies TH Distress inks Royal Langnickel Green Tea Leaves ink Gold acrylic paint Gold gilding paste Sentiment WPlus9      

Green and Gold Joy card

  Good afternoon friends, I hope your weekend is going well so far ;)     I have another 'Less is More' card to share with you again. It's a colour theme this week and...


Green and Gold


I pondered for a while (as you do) then decided to go with this idea. A bit of masking, blending and stamping. Hope you can see  the tree!      I finished it off by die-cutting this Joy sentiment and colouring  it with a yummy  gold ink I have. I looked at all my gold card but it was too harsh a gold colour.

I added a few dewdrops to finish it off. I wanted a gold one but didn't have one.     I dabbed a bit of gold ink on my card and popped the clear dewdrop on top, yeaaah....result!


Enjoy your weekend whatever you have  planned. We are babysitting our latest granddaughter again......cuddles will be compulsory I am thinking he he ;)

White Linen card Hobby Art tree stamp Royal Langnickel Green Tea Leaves ink Brilliance ink Galaxy Gold Memento New Sprout ink Hero Arts Joy die & sentiment stamp Clear and green dewdrops