Hello card

Hi everyone, another very hot day here  today, 25c mostly.....enjoying the last of our Summer days ;)     I did manage to finish another card  in the cool of my craft room though! So come and have a quick peek ;)


I made a soft inky background, stamped the trees (decided to leave them inked just lightly to add a bit of 'texture').     I stamped the little birdie and coloured  him with Copics. Then I added the hello  die, I cut it twice and coloured the lower  one green.      The top one was coloured pink and green and placed a little to the side to show the underneath one.

A few sequins were then added to give  more interest. I just love this cute little birdie ;)

Smooth White card White foam sheet Avery Elle stamps Clearly Besotted Hello die Memento Angel Pink ink Hero Arts Shadow ink Green Hills Versafine Onyx Black ink Little Things sequins


Challenges   Addicted to CAS  'Silhouette'     

    Moving along with the times ...theme   'Clean & Simple'

Wilbur

Hi friends, just popping in to show you another card. Wasn't at all sure about posting it but hey ho!     More 'loose' painting again lol, ........meet Wilbur....well he looks like a Wilbur to me anyway.     Just playing around really, I decided he had to have hairy knees and hairy  legs. I kinda made a heart shape on  his chest too.      Not great I know but I will try harder if I do another ;) Enjoy your week everyone...I am mainly cleaning windows, we have soo many large ones arghh!     Also de-limescaling ...(is that even a  word?) bathrooms etc. Well it should be. Making two types of vegetarian pate for Sunday tomorrow. A Vege 'Faux Gras' and an 'Edamame' one....wish me luck ;)       ps. He is purple as I was going to enter  the card for the 'LIM' challenge....then rapidly changed my mind lol !!     Oops I forgot to show you the recent  jewellery I made for my SIL's and myself .....soon...very soon ;)    

    Watercolour card TH Distress inks Permanent pen black Pencil Waterbrush    

Hello bird card

Good afternoon friends, I am late making my usual 'Less is More' card. We have been away for a week in the Lake District. More about that  later though....and photo's..... and  celebrity spotting !  
Come and see my card, more watercolouring and a bit hurried but hope it's ok. It's a sketch  this week, see it below my card.

I wish you all a good week....well what's left  of it anyway!

White Linen card Watercolour card TH Distress inks My Favourite Things bird stamp Clearly Besotted sentiment die Darice E/F

LIM Sketch  

We had a great time in the Lake District,  the weather was so hot too, about 23c every day.So lucky... here are a few photo's.      We were there with my two BIL's and SIL's. My SIL was just talking about Jerry Hall and  Rupert Murdoch as we walked around Tarn Hows and who should walk past us 5 mins  later....yes THEM !!!      We were quite gob smacked, they also followed us to a pub later......maybe they were stalking us lol! Anyway my SIL's mouth wide open stare was a picture I can  tell you.....she was the one who had been talking about them...hope they didn't hear.

Next day we were in the hotel spa and who should we find ourselves sitting next to in the steam room but Dave, (Jools Holland's Bass  player).The other guitar player was splashing  a lot as he swam, front crawl...I got out!

 They had a gig later that night so they were just relaxing. Lovely man and we had a great  chat with him. We saw Ruby and the rest later  too. The best laugh was someone from the hotel  asked my BIL if he was Jools as they were  looking for him. He doesn't look like him in   the slightest!

 We wondered who we might meet next day, I was hoping for George Clooney but no ...it didn't happen alas !!!     Anyway it was a lovely break away and now I am knee deep in washing etc. Back down to  earth ;)

Tarn Hows

Rydal Water

The smallest house ( yes someone once lived there)

Tree with coins people added

Old pennies

Santa bird card

Good morning friends, brrrr it's a bit nippy  out today! Glad I am nice and warm in my  craft room ;)

Over at 'Less is More' it's 'one layer' card  week once more and the theme is....

SANTA


I found this super cute Santa bird, just love his expression too. I added some stitched  lines and coloured him with Promarkers and added a bit of sparkle to his hat,  job done!

Enjoy your weekend whatever you have  planned.We are babysitting again for our youngest granddaughter, so lots of cuddles planned ;)
ps. A big welcome to Maarit for joining as my latest follower, thank you and  welcome aboard.     I had been meaning to post some of  my latest Xmas cards but alas time got  the better of me......soon  though ;)     Hope you like my new header btw., the image is me when I was just 19yrs old  in case you were wondering lol.

White Linen card Bird Santa digi by Karen Zander Promarkers Glamour dust

Bird on a branch card

Good afternoon everyone, I hope you are all enjoying a lovely Sunday.     I am late with my 'Less is More' card as we met up with my DIL's family yesterday. Anyway here it is now, the theme this week is a colour one and......
Earth Tones       Hmm not colours I mainly use but nice to have a change I think.         I used a Memory Box branch die, Kanban Crafts bird stamp, mask and TH  Distress inks for the sun. A Clearly Besotted sentiment and a few sequins.       Hope you all approve, I have to get busy making some  jewellery for an order now. Enjoy your Sunday whatever you have planned :)      

  

Xmas Robin card

Hi friends, here is another 'Less is More' card again. The theme this week is...............        

"Today we have another chance for you to catch up 

on those 

Christmas Cards, 

but this time with the added proviso to

 Use a Bird!"

     

   

Easier to see glitter  here I hope !

  Linen card,DSB image coloured with Promarkers,  Cuttlebug embossing folder & Glamour dust on hat.       ps. Sorry for the lack of commenting this week  btw!      

Floral thankyou card

It's week 67 over at 'Less is More' & it's the
dreaded one layer card week again.We have to
                Use three stamps
Hmmm I am not a great fan of one layer cards
& I wasted a lot of card this time trying to make
 a suitable card.However I did come up with this
one after a while, not that happy with it but it will
have to do for now. I have another idea now so
will do that later in the week :)
I used a floral and a bird stamp from a set I have
by Kanban called Peacock as it also has a large
peacock in the set too. The sentiment was a 'Jane's
script' stamp again, I often use that set as I find it
stamps more sharply than others I have in various
 sets of stamps. Saying that it didn't stamp so well
this time in this lavender ( Color Box) ink I used
 grrr! I used some pink ( ink it up) ink and a little
 green Promarker on the leaves over the top to
 stamp the flower trail. I used lavender ( Color Box)
ink on the bird stamp. I coloured the bird using
various Prisma pencils and also shaded the
 flowers with pink pencils too.I cut the card shape
using my nesties (curved rectangles ) btw. Hmmm
still not happy but hope it grows on me.
The sun is shining today, how lovely that is for a
 change,I do hope you all have a lovely weekend.
We are babysitting for our grandson Charlie again
next week then Alex the week after......how lucky
 am I :)

Peacock card

Another card for  'Less is More',
it's week 50 and 'one layer' card week
again. The theme this week is
                    BIRDS
The peacock stamp & sentiment is from
the same set as yesterday's birdcage btw.
I coloured the image with water pencils
again, then blended with water. I added
some sparkle with glamour dust too..
I wasn't sure if the peacock needed legs,
so I added some ( see second pic).Hmm
not sure which I like now, you will decide
no doubt which you prefer.The linen card
didn't help with the colouring either,
should have used smooth, but I do like
linen  card.Hands sore again..... sorry if I
don't leave you a comment again.
ps. Sorry Craftyteacher didn't notice you had
used the peacock stamp too on your card before
I made mine.