Green Spotty card

Hi friends, I hope you are all enjoying a very Happy Easter. It was bright and sunny here yesterday, just right for our Easter egg hunt! See pic of our  granddaughter hunting for eggs below my card ;)     I am popping in to show you my latest card for this week's 'Less is More'  challenge. It's a recipe this time and     POLKA DOTS       This is what I came up with, green for  a change too. I used the cut out bits from  the die to make ears, eyes and a smile. I was kinda thinking of an Easter bunny ....or maybe not lol.     Anyway come and have a closer look ;)  ps.I really love polka dots, infact I have just bought some yummy powder blue  chair cushions with white polka dots  on. Yes blue and not PINK.... I know ...........you will be shocked!       They are for our new wooden chairs we aquired cheaply from our new  neighbours. I managed to get a matching oil cloth for the pedestal table (also from our neighbours) and spotty cushions for our blue leather  sofa too.So lucky to get matching stuff from different sellers.       They all look so lovely in our back  sunlounge. The grandchildren have  already made use of the table for  games and making 'stuff' so it was  a great buy ;)     Enjoy what's left of the Easter holidays, very cold and windy here today!      

Lana did have some eggs in there.......I promise!

    Supplies White Linen card Avery Elle Finished frames die Mama Elephant sentiment die Clearly Besotted stamp ( present box one) PP Little vintage dots digi   (used for sentiment and other bits) Sequins from stash      

Pleated Skirt fold card

Good afternoon my lovelies, I hope your Thursday is going well. I am just popping by to show you a card I made yesterday.     I decided to go for something different this  time, so fancy fold it is ! It's called a 'Pleated Skirt fold', new to me anyway.       You are supposed to use double sided paper, .......well I haven't got any so I improvised. I used some lilac card I had printed out a while ago. It has a slight pattern...it may be a PP one?


Then I found this pretty flower paper I had printed out ages ago. I am fairly  certain it's one I made myself a long time ago.     I made so many at one time but seem to  have no time to make them now. Besides I rarely use papers as I mostly make CAS cards as you have probably  noticed lol.

Anyway I made the fold, added a bit of  stamping and a sentiment using a die, to the card base. A bit of pretty matching ribbon, a few gems and job done !

If you want to see the tutorial for the fold, see HERE . Add it to their gallery too  if you make a card. Have a good evening, the weekend is just around the corner  :)

Supplies
Smooth White card Card and patterned paper from stash (see above) Lawn Fawn  Let's Bokeh stamp Mama Elephant die Versa Color ink Heliotrope Lilac satin Ribbon & gems from stash

Challenges
Seven Hills Crafts  Feb challenge  'Fancy Folds' Cardz 4 Galz  #15  'Fantastic Floral'

Smile

Good afternoon friends, I have another card to share with you again today.     I went for a black and gold combo   this time. I stamped the gold ink then overstamped it again to  give it a softer edge.     Then I stamped the leaves in black. I love the 'juiciness' of this ink. I  tend to use it if I want a really 'black'  image.      I use my Memento black ink mainly for  sentiments or other images where I don't want too much ink.     For the white sentiment, I cut several  layers and glued them together. I added a few black and gold gems to finish  the card.     I noticed the gold shows a bit over the  black ink for some reason. No idea  why that is!     Enjoy your day, I will be back with  another card very soon ;)     ps. My DIL sent me this photo  (see below card) of our granddaughter enjoying some painting. She seems very enthusiastic doesn't  she lol.    

Challenges Less is More  #260 Recipe 'Silhouette' Try it on Tuesday 'Silhouettes' Stamping Sensations   'Anything goes with a die'     Supplies   White Smooth card SU Gorgeous Grunge stamp Inkadinkado Branch stamp Mama Elephant word die Versafine Onyx Black ink Brilliance Galaxy Gold ink Gems from stash  

Purple and Yellow card

Good afternoon friends, I hope you are all  enjoying your weekend. As it's Saturday I  have another 'Less is More' card to show  you.     It's a colour challenge this week and...       "Use opposite colours on the wheel "
"The  two chosen colours should predominate  and any additional shades should be minimal  and limited to neutral colours only."        I decided on using purple and yellow. Not two colours I would normally use together but I think it works. Just to add I have added a clear gem to that bottom flower now !      Have a great weekend, we are having all our family here tomorrow so off to do preparations now ;)     ps. Congratulations to William and Kate on the birth of their new baby girl this morning too! can't wait for our latest granddaughter to arrive now....just 6 weeks  to go ;)

     

     

      White Linen card Purple card Sue Wilson die (bottom)  Mama Elephant die (sentiment) Crealies dies (butterflies) Memory Box stencil (dots) TH distress ink Promarkers  Glamour dust Hobbycraft gems

Challenges   'Less is More'    'Use opposite colours on the wheel' CASology    #week144 Flight  

Just stopping by

Hi everyone, here is my third card for this week’s
 ‘Less is More’

challenge. The theme is ‘Makes me smile’, these cute bears

always make me smile :)

Oooh my second one layer card this week too,I remember

when they used to terrify me lol.

Ps. A big welcome to my latest follower too, welcome aboard!

 

Teddy BoBea _tabs digi image

Computerized sentiment

Promarkers

Dovecraft chalks

Just keep swimming.....

Hi everyone, here is my latest ‘Less is More’ card.

The theme this week is.....

"Makes me smile!

It's simply that... something that makes you smile.

 It could be something cute, pretty, humorous, or merely a technique

 which satisfies you and makes you pleased with your finished article.

SO... lots of scope, but we'd like you to tell us  the reason for your choice!"      

Wow what a fabulous challenge, I hope you

will all join in this week too (smiles).

I used this cute freebie digi image from TAWS,

Sorry just cannot think what TAWS stands for my

brain isn’t in gear today I fear. Blogger is playing up

too and I have had to rewrite this three times already

grrrrrrrrr!!!!

 Now adding the freebie stamp is from

‘The Alley Way Stamps’ TAWS.

Anyway these cute fishes just make me smile every time

I look at them. Hope they give you a smile today too :)

The sentiment says ‘Just keep swimming’..... I think it’s

very apt for a lot of us isn’t it.

A very Happy Easter to you all !

I have just started eating my yummy Easter egg

so diet out of the window for this week I fear lol.

A big welcome to my three latest followers also, welcome aboard.

Ps. Sorry I am late this week with my LIM card

but we had our son and his gorgeous babies over

yesterday and I spent most of it cuddling my

beautiful granddaughter Lana...happy days !

White Linen card

TAWS digi image freebie

TH distress inks

Stampin Up Gorgeous Grunge stamps

Promarkers (for fish and waves)

Sequins from stash

Glamour dust

I made some homemade bread and soup and they

all said it was the best they had ever tasted. Roasted

red onion and balsamic vinegar bread, I threw lots of seeds

and parmesan cheese in. 

The soup was ‘Lentil and coconut’ I used some coconut oil

(expensive but worth it), lemongrass, fresh lemon and lots

of yummy spices. Recipe HERE