Beach card

Hi again,...... second post today. Here is another  card for the 'Less is More' challenge which is....   Sand
Wasn't  that happy with my last card so this is the  second  version. Hobby Art sentiment & lots of Diamond dust for the sparkling sand or sea foam ( you decide). ps.The shells are some my son brought back from holiday, that stripey one is amazing !)

Beach scene card

Hi friends/bloggers hope this finds you all well today.  Saturday again & I have another 'Less is More' card  to show you once more.The theme this week is .......   Sand   " You may decide to use the colour, the texture, scenes  of sandy places, sandpaper, actual sand... or  wherever your imagination takes you."    A bit of tearing and distress  inkiness and a silver  charm and the card was finished. Hmmm hope I have  left enough white space!!! I may  make another later  in the week.    Have a lovely weekend everyone whatever  you have planned, I am still Spring cleaning grrr!   ps. The pretty shells are some our son brought us back from his holiday.  

 

Ranunculus card

Good afternoon everyone,I have another pink card to show you today.  As most of you already know I do love my pink!!! Here is a card I made a while ago using my new yummy stamp 'Ranunculus field' by Stampendous.I used watercolour pencils at first but they didn't look right so I used some Promarkers over the top.I wanted  a 'watercolour' look so left white bits showing through.    I made it to enter into the 'In the Pink' challenge ( flowers)  but..............I was too late ( sorry Christine!!!!!), what can I say  my week just flew by too quickly yet again. Anyway I realised  if I added some wings to it I could enter the new challenge which is  'Wings'. Posting it early before I forget this time !!!!!!      Also entering it into these challenges below. Creative Moments #20 'flowers' Ruby's Rainbow #57 'Things with wings' Simon Says Stamp 'Anything goes' Polycraft challenges #1 'Anything goes' Passion for Promarkers #204 Theme 'Song inspired' ( You don't bring me flowers) Neil Diamond  

  Here is more pinkness for you , a beautiful rose from our garden, it smells divine too !

Blue butterflies card & a win!

Good morning friends/bloggers, I hope all is well with you all today. I have another 'Less is More' card to show you again. We have to make a card  suitable for Jen's birthday this time. As she says she  likes butterflies I came up with this idea. Come and have a closer  look...............................

I think the butterflies are a DSB digi image, computerized sentiment and ribbon from stash. ( Ribbon was cut off a tee shirt I think).Trying a new  sort of bow too.

My win ! Thankyou so much Joanne (angelnorth.blogspot.co.uk)

Pink flower card

Good morning everyone. The sun is just starting to appear, hope it stays all day. Today I have another "Less is More'' card to show you. It's Jen's birthday today so that is the  theme for this week's card, to make a card suitable for....   JEN!   I made this simple card using a ribbon flower I made  ( see tutorial I made a while ago). I added a butterfly as Jen says she likes them. Hope you have a lovely birthday Jen and enjoy your holiday too :) xx

   

Black, White & Pink card

Hi everyone, dull and grey here today, Summer has gone AWOL again I fear. It gave me time to do some floor scrubbing, I must crack on with my Spring/Summer cleaning now I am able.   OH is making some Elderflower champagne again, (non alcoholic), and everyone seems to like it. He makes more each year as it goes  so quickly. Our children love it and we never have enough to  last us all year. Not sure how many large bottles he will do this time!   Anyway I made this card quickly when I saw this week's  'CAS on Sunday' challenge. Not entered before but it looks like my kinda challenge.    I quite fancied making a black ,white and pink  card too. The pennants were a bit of left-over card from some  stamping ( end of some stems). I added a few flowers ,leaves, a butterfly and a computerized sentiment and job done. Come and have a closer look ...............

ps.Re-weight loss.... I put back on  2 lbs last weekend ( drat!) but I have managed to lose it again this week. Must watch what I eat this weekend !....still 5 lbs down so not complaining.    I had to rescue a bird ( starling ?) from our neighbours house the  other day. It was 7 am. too, lucky I was up at 6 ish that day. Grandma was babysitting and asked for my help as she didn't  know anyone in the street.She was terrified of birds poor lady, all was going well until I spotted a cat walking through her room.   I quickly stuffed it back in another room then went back to my  bird watching. I had to just make a dive for it in the end as  it wouldn't be enticed outside & was starting to fly at the window. Off it flew, with no injuries ( I am pleased to report) after trying to  peck me, didn't it know I was trying to help it lol ? On a sadder note  a female blackbird flew into our window early today and didn't survive. I quickly checked it wasn't the one I had seen on a nest in our hedge but she was still there.Hope she didn't have a nest of young ones. ( We do have things on our windows to stop them flying into them too) as they are very large....must have been just one of those things.

Blue flowers Happy Birthday card

Hi friends /bloggers a very quick post tonight. We are on babysitting duties tomorrow and I have a lot to do yet. My cards seem to be piling up now, so I  thought I would just post this one. More of my handmade flowers again, I am liking the next few cards I made for a change  lol. Hope you like them too. I won't list things I used but will answer any queries if asked. I made so many flowers one day as the elec was switched off all day while  they   felled trees. I have forgetten which dies I used now but  will try and find out if asked :) Happy crafting everyone ! ps. hot day tomorrow, but  I have a cunning plan ...... we have a new paddling pool at the  ready for  our young grandson :)

I coloured the inside of the flowers & the pearls  pale grey btw.

'Wherever you go' card

Hi there, just doing a quick post today. This is a card I made a while ago.....just because. Handmade flowers,computerized sentiment. I won't list everything I used but feel free to ask about anything if you want to know :)    Christine......not enough pink for the 'In the Pink' challenge, but I have made another........ I promise :) ps. Coughing again.....oh my! on a good note I lost 5 lbs last week, ..........then put 2 lbs back on over the weekend lol. Hoping to  lose the 2 lbs and maybe more this week as I am back on the  diet. OH asking if I want some of his Toblerone......... ..... not helping !!!!! grrrrrr    

   

Hexagon card

Good morning everyone, very windy here today, sun earlier but now we have rain boo hoo! Here is another card for this week's  'Less is More' challenge. This time it's a theme which is .......................................................................   HEXAGONS   I was so happy to be chosen again for the showcase,  ( happy dance), thankyou Chrissie and Jen :)    I haven't got any hexagon type stamps or papers etc.  so panic set in at first ( no change there then). Then I  came up with  this idea. I chose an image from my GCF  ( Greeting card  Factory) programme. I made it into a pentagon,  then  squished  the top to make it into a hexagon shape.   All that  sounds quite easy but the programme is working  erratically  atm.  ( to put it mildly) and it kept switching  to a different edit mode grrrrr! .    After almost losing the will to live I  managed to do it however.  I faded some of the images,altered the size and moved them  around etc. then I added a sentiment and printed & cut it  out. I 3d that  piece onto another card base & added  my usual glamour dust. Job done.............and relax.   ps.It's been a strange week, happy news about the new  grandbaby ( smiles). Then our DIL got made redundant, then she aquired another job she had been after the very  next day lol.  Oh and I have lost 5 lbs on my new 'diet', hate that  word....but it is one really. Just hope the weight loss  continues next week now lol.   Have a lovely weekend  whatever you have planned :)  I plan to relax after finishing  both  grandbabies first year  albums at long last.Oh and here is my first effort at digi  scrapbooking too, hope you like it.  

First effort at digi scrapbook page.

 Also entering the Hexagon card into another challenge now. A.R.T. Card challenge 'Sketch'     

'Need for Speed' Card ...and some news !

Hi everyone, I hope all is well with you all today. I have some very exciting news to share. Our eldest son  and his lovely wife are expecting another baby !!! So  Charlie will soon have a brother or a sister, we all don't  mind which. Our niece is also expecting, so babies arriving  like last time all together. Of  course I am beyond excited  again as I sooo love babies. We have known for a few  weeks but not  allowed to say  anything until the 3 month  scan today. All is ok I am pleased  to report , we hope to  find out the sex in a  couple of months time too. Sorry for the  long post but I  soooo needed to share with all my lovely  friends :) Right  onto my second card for 'Less is More' this  week where  it's a one layer card  & the theme is.............. Need for Speed I used a Greeting Card Factory image and added my own sentiment and added some glitter. Hope you like it too :) ps. Looks like we will be having a very exciting Xmas present  this year then :)

 pps. Sorry if I haven't left comments for some of you last week. Mr blogger is playing up again and won't let me grrrrrrrrrr . Tried today and still can't leave comments on some blogs : (


 

'Speeding by' card

Good morning everyone, bit cloudy here atm. grrr !, can't complain   after all the lovely sun though I suppose.I have another 'Less is More'  card to show you today. It's one layer card week again and the theme this time is ................................. Need for Speed I came up with this idea, hope you like it. We are on babysitting duties with our grandson Alexander today. He is asleep just now so I am just  doing this quick post. Happy weekend everyone whatever you have  planned :)

Card Recipe
Card  Linen white Image  old hugbug one Scribbled sun  and sentiment GCF Chalks Dovecraft

Dandelion card

Hi  bloggers/friends just a quick post today.Here  is a  card I made recently . It fitted a sketch I saw so I made  this quick card. I stamped the image, then left a thin  crescent moon around it when I cut it out. I liked the  effect as the black circle reminded me of the night sky with the dandelion head sillouetted against it.Couldn't  resist adding some sparkle too.I bought some of that  scrummy Silver halo mix...I blame Christine ( you know  who you are lol ! ). Anyway come and have  a closer  look.............................................................. ps. I ordered some new sun lounge windows today ( very large), for the front of the bungalow,can't wait for them to be fitted now. Got a good price after much haggling lol....no wonder my OH  leaves it all to me he he. We also have a very large conservatory  at the back too, new door and one window next on my list! OH  built them both years ago to conserve heat either end of the house, and it does too!

 

Linen card white Stamp   Penny Black 'Wishes' Ink  Momento 'Tuxedo black' DP Pink Petticoat 'waterfall hearts' Nesties  'circles' EF  Cuttlebug Snowy dots ? computerized sentiment 3d pads Stampendous silver halo mix glitter gems from stash Challenges 'In the Pink'  Anything goes

Anniversary card

Hi everyone, I hope you all have this lovely sunny weather too. Sooooo fabulous after  the long Winter and Spring. We have been to the beach, had picnics,eaten ice creams, eaten massive lush  strawberries.Lots of walking and sunbathing, ahhhh hope this sun lasts for ages !!!! Anyway back to blogging, today I have a card I  made for our daughter and her husband for their 3rd Anniversary. I can't believe it's been three years since they got married ....... ...............time flies ! I used a cute digi from Pink Gem Designs  called 'Love bugs', it made me smile :) I am also dabbling in digi  art atm. using Craft Artist.....sooo much to learn !!!!!! I may post my efforts soon........or maybe not lol ...depends how they turn out  lol. Take care my lovely friends and enjoy the sun if you have it :) ps. Oops forgot to say.... a big welcome to my latest followers too,  welcome aboard :) xx

Digi   'Pink Gem Designs'  'Love Bugs' Computerized sentiment etc. Promarkers Glamour dust   

White lace card

Good morning friends/bloggers, the first day of Summer has arrived. Hmmm it's grey here but tomorrow is expected  be sunny, fingers crossed then ! Today I have another   'Less is More' card to show you again. This time it's a colour theme and they want us to use the....................................   COLOUR OF YOUR FRONT DOOR! Mine is all white ( PVC jobbie with an arched pane in the  middle). Luckily I had an idea straight away........don't you  just love it when that happens ! I cut three pennants  freehand  and embossed them. Then I added another strip of card and  added some lace and 3d'd it to my card on another matt.I  thought something was missing and was tempted to add a few  clear gems. I managed to resist and keep it more LIM.I did  add a bit of glamour dust to the edges of the pennants though! Job done, now I can relax, I do like to get my LIM card  finished asap. on a Saturday or it prays on my mind all day lol. Yes I am a LIM addict now I fear!!! I hope you all have a lovely  weekend. We have our grandson and his parents visiting tomorrow :) ps. My computer is acting very strangely, it deletes words when it feels like it. Also it jumps about when I try to do things and does  what it pleases. Oh I hope it isn't listening lol......it highlighted  certain words just now....sure it knows I am complaining about it :)

 

Pic of our door

 

 Challenges
'Less is More'    'Colour of your front door' 'Deliciousdoodleschallenge' #38 'White on white' 'CAS(E) this sketch'  

Just realised this sketch fitted my card.