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'

Thinking of you, scene card

Good morning lovely friends, I hope you are all  having a lovely Easter. We had a great time  yesterday with all our children and grandchildren.     The grandchildren enjoyed the usual egg hunt in our garden (I made my grown up children do it  every year until their own children where old enough  to do it he he) I hid 16 small sized eggs  ( so the littlest would find some) and 121 tiny ones!     We also did an Easter egg and spoon races this year. I like to keep them all entertained. The adults had to have a go too and the funniest one was  between our two sons as the eldest boy knocked  the egg from  his brother's spoon at the very  start and just ran to the finish, typical joker!     Oh and it made me smile as my two sons both  brought lots of take away clear boxes to take  home left over food lol. He he they know me well, of course I did too much food as unsual.     Another smile too. One of our young grandsons  ( he is just 3) was  saying goodbye to  our daughter (his aunt) and he just picked up  her hand and kissed it and said goodbye. Hmm  he will be a real charmer with the ladies I think!  His parents were just as surprised as we were too, no idea where he picked that up from.           Everyone loved all the food I am pleased to  say and ate lots so it was all worth it.Btw.yes  the triple choc salted caramel  merangue went down a storm too, just as well we weren't  counting calories yesterday!       Anyway enough rambling, I have another  'Less is More'  card to share with you again. It's a colour theme this week and ...      Predominantly Black! 

I used post it notes and distress inks to create  a little scene. A bit of stamping and job done. My lovely OH made me this wooden board to use for my photographs, wasn't that kind  of him ;)      Craft room tidying is going well ! My OH also made me a little shelf thing to put all my inks in too (pics soon). Enjoy what's left of the Easter holidays, I  will be mostly resting today after a busy day  yesterday.      

Ahem..........and yes that is a slight touch of pink again you see on the horizon !

      White Linen card TH Distress inks  Black soot and Spun sugar Memento Tuxedo black ink Memento London fog ink Woodware Winter trees stamps WPlus 9 sentiment stamp Promarkers (greys) 3d pads      

Pink Snowy Scene card

Hi friends,I hope all is well in your world. I have been chosen as Guest Designer again for 'In The Pink' woo  hoo, such an honour !      The theme this time is......      'Die Cuts & Punches'       Please go and check out all the other fabulous cards  made by the lovely Christine and all her other talented  designers there.        All you pink lovers join in  too if you can, just make a  card with lots of pink on  it, easy peasy I think ;)       Anyway come and have a closer look and see what  I made ......      

    Challenges  'In The Pink'  #58  Die Cuts & Punches Raspberry Pink plain card ( Papermilldirect) White sparkly card ( very old QVC?) Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside borders die Impression Obsession Tree dies DIE217-E Computerized sentiment      

Snowy scene card

Hi everyone, just popping in to show you my last  card for 'LIM' this week.        Another snowy scene again, come and have a  closer look.....       ps. Some very sad family news yesterday...... will tell you soon.        

  Challenges
Less is More  'More than one tree'   White Linen card White sparkly card Lawn Fawn dies Stitched Hillside borders Hobby Craft tree stamp (small stamp) `Stamp -It' Imagine Luscious Landscapes stamp (large trees) Momento London Fog ink        

Green trees card

Hi everyone,a grey and very rainy day here today  so I retreated to my craft room. Here is the result, .......lots of green !       Very brief post from me today.....for a change lol. I blame this horrid cold ......Anyway come and have  a closer look at my card.........and have a lovely  evening too ;)        

      Challenges 'Less is More'    More than one tree 'ALBC'  Clean and Simple or CAS 'Seemacrafts'   Monochrome White linen card TH distress ink Inkylicious Tall trees stamp        

Sepia trees card

Good morning playmates, another week has flashed by yet again. It will soon be Christmas.....Yikes I hear you  cry .........yeah me too!        I have done a bit of Xmas shopping and decided on all  my presents so I am feeling quite smug he he. Well I  do like being organized, less stress that way.       Full of a cold atm. too boo hoo,( makes a mental note, stop kissing those grandchilden so much.......... and so  often!)....as if that is going to happen....I do aim for  the top of their heads now at least.       Those sloppy kisses spread colds etc.......make a note  people...I have lol !       I have another 'Less is More' card to share with you  today. I am sure you guessed that already though ;) The theme this week is......

'MORE THAN ONE TREE'         Hmm an easy one then , thank heavens for that. It also means we can do another Christmas one  to add to our pile too, win win!     After a bit of 'faffing'........there is always some faffing involved in my cards lately...I came up with this. Hope you like it.        I went with a sepia look for a change, cutting the panels and  then adding some stitching was a lot of  faff. But had to be done I think.......now I am waffling again oh my!     Here is my card anyway, come and  have a closer look ;)       ps. A big welcome to my latest follower, thank you so much for choosing me to follow.      

      White Linen card Impression Obsession tree dies Create a Scene stamp (tree) Stitched die ( from a  set Die-namics?) Waltzing Mouse sentiment Versafine Vintage Sepia ink Glamour dust      

Starry Starry Night card

Good afternoon friends, I hope you are all well. Yes it's Saturday yet again so I have another 'Less is More' card to show you.     This time it has to be a 'One layer card'  and the theme is .....
"Starry Starry Night"   I thought a black card would be good so I inked  these trees in white. I added a few  tiny star gems and a sparkly sentiment.     Job done....I won't mention the two disasters which went in the round file lol... oops I did !       Have a lovely weekend all of you! We have our children  & grandchildren coming  here again tomorrow, I just love seeing them ;)       Now to put up two cots and as one grandchild is getting bigger, a small bed lol. I am running  out of  spare bedrooms now.       ps. Forgot to say we managed to make  that spa treat ( birthday pressie from August) at long last. It was  fabulous, lots of swimming, steam room,  sauna  and jacuzzi.      Will go back there again definately ! Link below if you are nosey ;)
http://www.parkfarm-hotel.co.uk/
     

    Black card from stash Inkylicious Trees stamp Color Box Frost white ink Clearly Besotted sentiment Glamour dust Quickie glue pen Papermania star gems    

Tall trees card

Hi everyone, here is another card for the ‘Less is More’

challenge once more. Here are the details......

“We have another 

ONE LAYER CARD

challenge for you this week!

The proviso for your cards this week is to have evidence of

Shadow Stamping.

There are several ways of doing this, using emboss resist,

 re-stamping without re-inking or simply stamping

the same image in a lighter shade.”

This is what I came up with, my first effort didn’t stamp

too well so I used some smooth card for the second one.

Think I prefer the sky on the first one though hmmm,

I will show you them both anyway.

Err and no you don’t need glasses, rather a strange

effect on the eyes though isn’t it!

My first effort

Tree stamp Inkylicious
TH Distress inks Faded Jeans and Antique Linen
Momento inks Tuxedo Black and London Fog
Sentiment Hobby Art Ltd
Birds drawn with permanent pen



ps. Thankyou for all the good wishes, so kind.
I have been kept busy all week sorting my
stamps into clear plastic bags and then arranging in
perspex DVD holders. Also  a new system for my
distress inks too.Have a good week everyone. 

Circles......

Hi everyone, can’t believe it’s Saturday yet again.

The theme over at ‘Less is More’ is ‘Round and Round’.

Here is what I came up with, not sure about it still, there

will be another card I think coming soon. Everything which

could go wrong making this card did.................enough said !

Enjoy your weekend whatever you have planned

and Happy Mother’s Day to you all too !

  

Snow white linen card

Spellbinders circles dies

Inkylicious stamp trees

Woodware sentiment

Momento Tuxedo black ink

Dovecraft chalks

Promarkers