Sepia and White Poppies

Hi friends, wow it's July already ....time flies by so quickly these days ! Just back from a quick holiday to Somerset, Devon  and Dorset. More about that below.


As it's Saturday yet again I have my usual  'Less is More' card to share with you. It's  a colour theme this time and.....     'Colours Of Your Kitchen'

Ours has Spanish sweet chestnut wooden  units, white walls and cream linen roman  blinds (made by me). The work surfaces are grey/white flecked  and the floor is cream rough textured  with grey grout.

We really need a new kitchen but as we  intend to move house soon it's just not  happening! It's very large and square  which  I love and plenty of units so.....      Anyway come and have a look at my card. I went with a simple brown and  white combo with lots of texture ;) I spattered a bit of gold ink and did  some  random ink swiping for a bit  of contrast.

Enjoy your weekend whatever you  have planned. I am recovering from all the walking I did while away ;)


ps. We went fossil hunting, visiting lovely  castles and gardens. We found the most beautiful pub too with amazing food.  Such a relaxing little break !     Sorry I am late commenting this week, we only got back home last night. I will be visiting you all very soon I  promise ;)

Sooth white card Brown hessian Penny Black Field of Dreams die TH Distressed spray ink Tarnished brass

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)

      today

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

Gold heart card

Hi Ladies and Jellyspoons, ( my OH's name for  gentlemen....no idea either!).....see here and now  we all understand where it came from....and relax.       I have another  'LIM' challenge card to share  with you all again. I was in a card making frenzy  yesterday so there will be lots more next week  I think.       See sketch below my card for this weeks theme  over at 'LIM' towers. I managed to use some gold on my card. I have been dying to use gold lately  for some reason. Also a bit of texture on the card this time too ;)       Have a lovely Sunday playmates, whatever you  have planned. Now come and have a closer  look at my card.....      

    White Linen card Jute sheets (says that on the card anyway) Gold  shiny card Lil' Inker heart die Paper Smooches sentiment Versafine Onyx Black ink Sequins from stash  

Sketch 14

Daisies card

Good afternoon everyone, here is another DT card again made  for 'Beccy's place' using the digi image 'Daisies'. I really love daisies as you can probably tell , so I enjoyed working with this pretty flower image. I decided on a pale green and gold colour scheme this time,  hmmm not sure the colour looks accurate here for some reason though. I decoupaged  some of the daisies and added a clear dewdrop gem to the larger flower also. Come and take a closer look.................

Card Recipe Image   'Beccy's Place' digi 'Daisies' Card   Linen white, pale green and gold  card from stash Nesty   'Mega Nesty' Curved Rectangles Embossing folder    Cuttlebug 'Swiss dots' Promarkers Clear dewdrop gem from stash Chalks   Dovecraft pastels Glamour dust Quickie glue pen 3d pads Challenges Whimsy Inspiration #52 All things sparkly

 

Gold heart cards ( LIM cards 3 & 4)

Here are another two cards for the 'Less is More' challenge, which is a colour one this time and.......Goldps. had to try out my lovely new stamp, two versions of it here. I used some gold pearlized paint on the bottom one  btw. doesn't show well here !

Hmmm wasn't sure which heart I liked so made two cards,.... not sure about this one !

 Card recipeInspiration   Less is More #75Card Linen white & Gold mirri card ( top card) Stamp   Liliofthevalley Filigree heart ( unmounted rubber one )Stamp   Tapestry scroll tiny one ( edges of bottom card) Paint ( bottom card) gold pearlized cheap paintInk   Versacolor Sand beige ( top card)Ink   Clear Ink it up ( bottom card)Embossing powder Heat it up Enchanted Gold Gold stickles ( top card)Sentiment  Penny Black Gratitude ( part of a  clear set)Gold heart from stash ( bottom card)Distress ink   TH Antique Linen ( bottom card )

Gold butterfly card ( LIM 2)

Here is another card for 'Less is More', a colour theme this time which is...............GOLDI will try to leave the card recipe's at the bottom in futureas I think I do far too much chat about  making them. I think it's far easier just to see the card with a recipebelow. When you have lots of cards/blogs to look at you really just want to see the card I think.Most of us know how the cards are made anyway. Right........enough chat already,thought I would just explain  that, so ............here is my card. ps. There may always be a ps. still I think , but at least you can ignore that lol.I embossed the butterfly in gold btw. not sure you can see it clearly here though. Is everyone else utterly sick of all this horrid rain?It makes my Rh Arthritis so much worse, everything aches atm.Still my card making helps take my mind off it.Will shut up now !!! 

                                                                               Card RecipeInspiration     Less is More #75Card    Linen WhiteDP     Pink Petticoat  Washed Damask (Goldenrod)Butterfly    Cuttlebug, embossed with matching folderStickles    GoldSentiment    Computer generatedFonts    Jellyka Castles Queen, English Presto BT, Baa book HMK.Embossing powder    Heat it Up Enchanted Gold Gems    Clear ones coloured with a yellow PromarkerTools     Quickie glue pen