Flamingo card

Good morning friends, it's a lovely warm and sunny day here today. I hope you all have it too.     Late with my Saturday 'Less is More' card as our son asked us to join them for a nice pub lunch and walk yesterday.Their  baby is  due any minute of course.      My DIL looks  amazing too. I suggested  names which they liked, no decision yet  though ;) Next Friday is the day she will arrive , unless it happens naturally before  then. She is breech atm. too still.       Such a  lovely day, anyway I have made my  card at  last! It's a colour challenge this  week and....     SUNSET     Of course sunset said pink to me lol. Well it would of course and everyone who knows  me won't be at all suprised !       I went for an Ombre look, pale shades of the  setting sun....well that's what it said to me anyway.        I wanted a watercolour look to my flamingo and tried my new Zig Clean color real brush pens. (HAD to get those when I saw them whilst blog hopping).....yes I know not easy on  the purse this blog hopping is it!!!       After much effort ( several coloured images) and  trying various mediums I  relented and had to use  my trusty Copic pens. The printed image didn't  like watercolour of  course.        Loving the new pens though so you will be seeing  more of them very soon. Sooo hard to open though,  my poor nails haven't  recovered yet...and I have  only opened 3 so far!!     Enough waffling from me again,come and have a  closer look ;) here is my card....      

  Challenges   'Less is More'   #227 Sunset 'Virginia's View challenge'   #15 Ombre/Monochromatic   White Linen card Pink Petticoat Ombre digi papers PP digi image Copics Memory Box Stitched rectangles Clear sequins from stash    

New Home card

Hi everyone, another grey drizzly day here today grrrr. A good excuse for escaping to my craft room  and  making a card though !       I recently bought this lovely embossing folder and  have been dying to try it out, so here goes. A bit of distress inking, some stamping, die cutting   a few sequins/twine and job done.       I am entering this into the 'Virginia's View Challenge' which this time is 'Clean Slate'. I used a lot of white  space (one of the options) and 'new home' means  that to me also so I hope it's ok.       Silly me thought I could also enter it into the 'LIM' challenge this week. Then I realised it wasn't one layer .............. doh!        I just realised that Virginia comes from Taiwan, so  does my beautiful DIL ;)        ps. Hmm my computer is running so slowly these days. It seems my OH has had secret talks with our computer  expert  son and they have decided I need a new one.     He also told him to get the best as I use it so much  ( my son will choose it....as I haven't a clue!).  Wasn't that nice of my OH though awww ;)     Oh my! I am hoping it will be easy to move all my  stuff  from  my computer/EHD to a new computer. I  know it wasn't easy last time I had to change 'puters!  .............Panic mode now initiated..........     Computers seem to be out of date after 5 years now  according to our son.........not good is it !!!!! End of waffling, come and have a closer look  at my card ;)      

    White Linen card Elizabeth Craft Designs E/F 'Heart Strings' Lil'inkers Stitched Heart dies TH distress inks Clearly Besotted sentiment Doodlebug twine  Heart gems from stash 3d pads  

New home card

Good afternoon everyone, Just a quick flying visit today. I made this card the other day  for my son and  DIL.     They will be moving house soon and I wanted to  have a card ready.      I tried some stitching on my card for a change.  Just don't look too closely though lol.      I made the flowers from a discarded piece of card. I  had used distress inks on it but then the stamping  part went wrong.       The D/P is an off cut from yestersday's card also. The sentiment was a freebie from the lovely Chrissie again.        Thanks Chrissie, finding these so useful just now !     ps. a big welcome to my latest followers too. Thank you for choosing me to follow :)        

Less is More .....Recipe  'Use a recycled item' Virginia's View challenge  'Die cut'      

Quick digi page of my lovely granddaughter.

       

Green and Blue Swirls card

Hi everyone, I have another card to show you today. I seem to be on a roll today as I have another  half made too.    I am loving blue and green just now, reminds me of the sea I think. Using my favourite embossing folder  again too.      I managed to add a little pink and a few  knot  stitches also. This means it qualifies for 'Less is More' (Use three colours or shades of the same colour). 
Hope there is enough white space !!!      Also as I added some stitches I am entering it into  the 'Virginia's View Challenge' (stitching) too.I like the  tiny bit of embossing on the sentiment too, must do that  again.     I used Distress inks I sponged onto an embossing  folder. Then I spritzed it with water before running it through the embossing machine.      I stitched a few knots in the circles on the embossing  for detail.   

 

White Linen card

Stampin Up E/F

TH Distress inks

WaltzingMouse Sentiment

Seweasy Floss