Pink Hearts card

Hi there friends, how is your week going so far? I have had some sort of stomach bug hence my 'LIM' card being on the late side this time. I am ok now though luckily so it's back to my craft room ;)

Our heavy snow has melted now also,... thank heavens for that ! Never seen as much as the white stuff for years. Lots of villages cut off too, luckily we live right in town. Few photo's below taken after the first fall, then we got the same again !

Anyway enjoy your week whatever you have planned...and weekend.... if you live in the UK and are celebrating Mother's Day ;) I am being taken out for a lovely meal. Just glad my stomach has recovered now!...sadly we did miss a day at Center Parcs with our son and his family boo hoo.

Right onto my card and ahem yes...it is PINK again lol.

White Linen card

Water colour card

Poppy Stamps Heart Screen die

Avery Elle sentiment stamp

Memory Box Stitched layers die 

TH distress ink

Glamour dust

Very fiddly re-adding all the little hearts!

Less is More 'Monochrome'

Also adding it to....

Addicted to Stamps 'Have a Heart'

MyTimeToCraft 'Monochromatic'

Snow...our back garden.

  

Bird table took a battering too. We now have a new one thanks to my OH!

There is a large pond to the right of it believe it or not.

You can see this is also my OH's craft area atm. too lol.

Part of our large back conservatory, he has taken it over completely arghh,

I was after minimalist !...can't complain though can I as I do have my

 own craft room.

View from my craft room in the snow!

   

Snowy Scene card

Good morning playmates, a very early start for me again  today.....4 am. to be exact! arrrgghh....yes I have yet  another cold. Cough cough cough cough...so glad I  can't infect you lol ;)       Anyway it gives me  several hours   a chance to be able  to post another  card I made late Saturday. Heck I  even had time to make   loads of new footers a new  Xmas footer, hope you  like it.    

I did a bit of masking and Distress inking, then a bit of  chalking and some glitter for the snowy banks....hope  you can see the glitter!         Notice I resisted the temptation to add some flying  birds as I always seem to do that lol. After all  .........Less is More ;)       Here is my card anyway come and have a closer peek...        

  Challenges   Less is More  #202  'Snow' and 'One layer card' Christmas Card Challenges  #2 'Must be Christmas/Winter and CAS design' Craft a Scene   'Winter Scene' Stamping Sensations  'Winter Wonderland' Virginia's View Challenge  'Distress inking'
    White Linen card TH Distress inks Woodware tree stamp Woodware sentiment (from another tree set) Momento Tuxedo Black ink Dovecraft chalks Glamour dust Quickie glue pen Black permanent pen     

Snow card

Good morning friends, brrr it's a cold one today... -2 infact ! I hope you are all almost ready for Christmas now.....no?......errr me neither !!!       Here is my latest card made for the 'Less is More' challenge this week. It has to be a 'One layer'  card and the theme is........       'Snow'     I came up with this very simple idea for a card. Quite liking the simplicity of it though ;) Come and have a closer look......    
ps. It's our beautiful Granddaughter's 1st Birthday today. Can't believe a whole year has  flown past already.        Anyway here is the card  ( below LIM one)I  made for her.  Forgive the terrible photo as it  was taken in a hurry and such a grey day  when I took it also.       Awww she is such a cutie pie...I am tad biased though he he !       I am hoping to share some more happy news  next week too ;)        

I Glamour dusted the first two letters too.     White Linen card Cuttlebug E/F (old one) PoppyStamps snowflake die Woodware sentiment stamp Momento Tuxedo Black ink Glamour dust Quickie glue pen    

Made in my CAP2 programme.      

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!      

Winter scene card

Hi friends/bloggers, another quick post with yet another card for the 'Less is More' challenge. Just can't stop  making  them this week . The theme is.....

Trees

I got in a real inky mess making this one, never mind lol.     I used TH Distress Ink in faded jeans  and a Woodware  sentiment .    Also  'Create a scene'  Creative Expressions  stamps & Momento Tuxedo black ink.    Lots of masking and sponging & I drew a few birds  freehand too. Ooh that snow is looking deep isn't it !
Hope you like :)

ps. Our DIL is feeling a bit better thank goodness. Her Zumbathon event went well and she managed to  raise £642 pounds for her charity !    Not bad seeing as she  wasn't well at all that day. Details  of her charity here Mashi and a photo of the event below  too :)   I also added a photo of Sarah with all the children  at the school she has started in Ecuador.   They really depend on her now. At least they don't have to  go to the fields with their  parents everyday now and have   an education. & health care :)  

Snow pics , cards and a tri frame

Hi everyone, we have snow today, here is a pic of  what we woke up to this morning.More now falling too! Also  an Anniversary card for our son, a first birthday card for our grandson and a tri framed photo I made for him also.I used  copper coloured pearlized card and wording ( shaded) as copper  is the symbol for the 7th Anniversary....along with wool  apparantly. Louie bear digi image ( Digistamp boutique) used  for the birthday card. The tri frame was an idea I had a while  ago, I had fun chasing our grandson around with the letters to  get just the right photo's. Mostly on my knees too!....you would  laugh if you had seen me. Some ended up on his back,around  his ankle.... and as  a  halo ( the O)  which slipped as he laughed  and also made a funny  photo .Glad I got one with him pointing  as he does that a lot ( ET) is his nickname just now lol. His  parents will be pleased with this keepsake I hope.  I will  do the same for our other grandson in March too. Stay safe everyone. ps. Poor Charlie was a bit overwhelmed with all the children/adults at his party. He spent a lot of time clinging like a limpet to our son. However he did love his cake.....see pic on right !

Wording is shaded btw. Copper and black and glamour dusted too.

 

Computerized wording

Charlie is one!

Aqua let it snow card

Another card for 'Less is More' again.
 It's week 53 and a colour theme which is
                         AQUA
Didn't intend making another card but I
found this lovely 'mesh' type  stuff. I have
had for ages. It's so pretty, I bought it in white
( as well as other colours) hoping to use it
for my daughters wedding invites, but she
wanted something  else of course lol.
Anyway it was the soft aqua colour which
I noticed and thought ......aha must use it !
It is a soft mesh with raised 'dot's , such a
nice texture to it also. I used my usual linen
card and cut some  of the 'mesh' to cover it.
I used my 'fancy tags 2' to make a label &
coloured that with a Promarker & chalks.
Computerized text ( Respective) & glamour
dust to finish it off. I 3d'd the label and added
ribbon ( coloured to match with Promarker).
It looks so pretty irl ( even though I say so
myself lol).
ps.See older post for biscuit recipe
& two plaques I made too :O)

Another plaque a recipe & a snow pic

I made another little plaque for Charlie,
will update it every year with his age and
things he likes.I made it an A4 size,  then
printed various words in different fonts &
got a cheap frame and then painted it silver.
Also some yummy oat biscuits I can't stop
making now too. They are really nice &
chewy, although they seem to turn out
differently every time I make them now lol.
Still thought I would share the recipe as
they ARE scrummy !
Here is a pic of the snow we got the other
day, taken in our local churchyard , we got
about 4".Hope you like :O)

Plaque

                                                              
                                                           Oat biscuits

    ( Makes 24)

150 g Porridge oats
150 g SR Flour
150 g Caster sugar
150 g Butter
2 tbsp Golden syrup
2 tbs milk

Heat butter, syrup & milk in a saucepan until melted.
Pour into bowl containing the oats etc. & mix. Roll
heaped tsp into balls onto a tray lined with baking
paper. Space well apart. Bake at 180 C or 160 C for
fan ovens for 10- 12 mins. They should look just golden
brown so keep checking them. Leave on tray to cool for
5 mins.,( that hardens them up a bit) then transfer to rack.
Enjoy!
ps. Just to add these should be flat, biscuity and and
chewy , if they turn out too 'cake' like use more syrup,
that's the key I have found now . Just made more today
and they are so yummy hard to stop myself eating them
as soon as they come out of the oven lol.



                                                              Snow pic