Chicken card

Hi friends, I hope all is well in your world. Yes it's Saturday yet again and so I have my usual 'Less is More' card to share with you.
It's a recipe this time and......  
Snippets

The lovely 'Queen of CAS' Chrissie's our  glorious leader over at 'LIM' is celebrating a big  birthday this weekend. (Ssshh .....70.......I know  ...I know....I don't believe it either!!!) So anyway  it's Snippets for Chrissie.  Happy Birthday Chrissie!!  
Hmm...... I pondered and pondered,  hunted around in my 'snippets' pots......ahem...I have  so many a few around.      Then I saw this cute little  chicken die which had been cut out and left to fend for itself. I know Chrissie loves chickens so.... now I  had a plan.      I coloured it with some distress inks. Then I looked through my box of snippets....yes I  have pots AND boxes of them! Anyway I  spied a few printed sentiments.      I cut one out using a wavy die on both sides. I used a bit of distress inking on the embossed  chicken bits.I embossed  the sentiment too.

 I added a small star painted to  match the  sentiment and job done.Chrissie is a star after all isn't she ;)

Hmm does that chicken look as if it is heading back up to the chicken coop ?.......I think so ;) 

ps. Have a lovely weekend, we went to see our new granddaughter yesterday and we are  babysitting  her tomorrow too. Our grandson is  off to a party with his parents! 

Pleased to report that Amelia now smiles at me  instead of just a puzzled look and a frown lol. She has a middle name now too Amelia Ai-Mei.      Ai-Mei is pronounced I-Mae, Ai means  'Love' and Mei means 'Beautiful'. Her lovely Taiwanese mummy chose her second name. Mummies name means 'beautiful flower' ......isn't that so lovely ;)


Right enough rambling, come and have a  closer look at my card.....

White Linen card Die-namics stitched rectangle die Chicken die ...Cuttlebug?..very old anyway Lawn Fawn stitched die (on sentiment),  used on both sides. Star from same Die-namics set Pink Petticoat Sentiment TH Distress inks  Darice embossing folder Star gem from stash    

Life's a Beach

Good afternoon friends, wow it's the middle of July already.....how did that happen ?   As it's Saturday yet again I have my usual  'Less is More' challenge card to share with you. The theme this week is.......      'Life's a Beach'   Funnily enough I had beaches on my mind this  week, see below.Anyway this is what I came up  with, come and have a closer look.     ps. been such a busy week for us again, visiting all of our various grandchildren etc. The new baby seems to be doing very well I am pleased to report.     We took her brother Alexander to the beach  yesterday with his daddy, see pics below my card if you want  a peek.      It was Wells beach in Norfolk if you are curious....fab beach it is too!    First EVER day at the beach with a grandchild, I was super excited of course & took millions  of photo's ;)     Enjoy your week whatever you have planned!     

    White Linen card DSB Beach hut digi & sentiment Die-namics Blueprints 14 stitched square Lawn Fawn wavy stitched dies HeroArts Shadow ink Soft Sky  TH Distress inks Antique Linen, Faded Jeans, Dusty Concord Zig Clean Color Real brush inks  Haze Blue,Almond Pink      

 

   

 

   

 

   

Blue Happy Birthday card

Good afternoon friends, it's a lovely sunny day here today. So pleased that Summer has arrived at last.     Lots of days at the beach now I think, ....our  favourite place to be ;) I hope you all have  good weather too wherever you are in the world. Also hugs for all who need them too!       I have another 'Less is More' card to share with  you today again. It's 'one layer' card week this  time and the theme is .......       MASCULINE         Oh my!!!! panic stations.....the two things I  hate the most!! My first effort started out not too badly..........BUT it all went steadily  downhill after that , it ended up in the 'round'  file of  course.         This was my second effort, I seem to be liking  blue atm. Anyway come and have a closer look if you dare lol!       Have a lovely weekend whatever you have  planned. We are seeing our new granddaughter  yet again and helping the parents out. I am  cooking Sunday lunch again so a busy time for me as usual  ;)        

The last section here is white btw!...so there is white space ;)

  White Linen card Grepic-Dip_Dye Digi paper Clearly Besotted sentiment & candle Hero Arts Shadow Inks  StoneWash mid- tone & Soft Sky Clear Sequins from stash  Glamour dust       

Freebie calendars

  Ooops after posting my freebie January calendar I  forgot to post anymore!!! So sorry......here are the July & August ones.      I have added all the rest  (including missed ones) and put them all on my  Pinterest board now (see calendars).

     

        ps. Usual terms apply to my freebies, free to use on any

    projects but please don't claim them as your own 

  and direct people back here to download them,

(or my Pinterest board now too) 

..........thank you :) 

Left click to make them larger then  right click and

 'save image as' .

 

 

 

 

 

Congrats card

Good morning friends, another scorcher of a day here again. 26c but feeling much hotter!!!       Not sure I like it this hot.... it's said 37c in our  back sun lounge for several days lately.  Daren't even look what it says in the  front one as it's  smaller.        I certainly boiled taking this photo there today, and did it very quickly lol.  We shouldn't complain though.......at least  Summer has arrived ;)


Right onto this week's 'Less is More' card. It's a colour theme this week and....       RED, WHITE and BLUE


This is what I came up with, I found it a strange combination but hey ho. I seem to be stencilling a lot more lately too!


Enjoy your day and weekend whatever you  have planned. I will be cuddling our new granddaughter yet again...and taking more photo's of course.        I think Amelia already thinks my camera is  just an extension of my  face....oh my! I made lots more scrapbook pages of course.....do you  want see another?.......oh go on then lol ;)       Sorry for the rambling YET again......come and have a closer look at my card.


ps. Handy tip!.... not a good idea to craft in  white trousers. Will I ever learn !!!

White Linen card Memory Box Wave stencil Hero Arts Shadow ink Soft Sky PoppyStamps Arched Poppies die Hero Arts Congrats sentiment Promarker Poppy red Clear sequins from stash

Happy Birthday Darnell

Just popping by to wish my luverly friend Darnell (Dee) a very Happy Birthday today.     Hope you are having a lovely day. I made this digi page for you. Here  is a rose from my garden for you to cyber smell too ;)       Anyone who doesn't know Darnell, ( can there be anyone??) go visit her blog,  you won't be disappointed I know ;)


Mwah, love ya Dee ;) xx