I don't know when to call it a day!

 Had a lovely, busy family weekend, so I've not had chance to play with this until today. This week at the play date cafe the colours are black and white with a splash of green.

 I originally had just used the four black and one green flowerheads (Paperartsy) on this card and in hindsight that was fine......... but then I added the smaller flowerheads (Lavinia) and I think it has ended up looking too crowded, but time for posting is running out so I shall have to let it be. 
The edge "dotty" stamp is by a stamp in the hand.

I must work harder at clean and simple! LOL!  I never know when to leave things alone and have to keep adding extras.  I shall re-do this for myself using just the five large flowerheads.
X

Happy Anniversary

It's our neighbours' 25th Wedding Anniversary this week.  They are really lovely people and I have made this card for them.

I glued some glitter on to a die-cut heart and the numbers are from American Crafts.  Edge stamps are by Autumn leaves.  I sprayed some white card with pearl glimmer mist and used this for the Martha Stewart heart punched strip and for the background for the sentiment (which is Stampington).
The pearly bling is by Prima and I bought the charm in a local shop.
The black ribbon is from Paper Mill.
It's a bit simple, but it looks better in real life.
Off to make an envelope now! X

Time for a challenge -Play Date Cafe Challenge 39

Just re-posting this as I had a little technical glitch and had to delete my original post.  Thank you to everybody who has been kind enough to leave me a comment on my card so far.

The Play Date Cafe colours this week were chosen by Julie, and I love this neutral palette.

I made this card using a quote by Lewis Carroll:

Stamps are by Cavallini, Paperartsy and Crafty Individuals, ink is Vintage Sepia and the flowers are by Prima.
Thank you so much for looking X

Love those Paperartsy Stamps

I needed to make a Thank You card this week and I love these Paperartsy stamps so much that I went straight for them.
After using distress ink on the background I masked off all the edges of the card, then stamped those beautiful flower head stamps in the unmasked area.  I removed the masks and stamped the scroll round the edge, then just drew a pencil line around the middle section.
 The last step was to add my sentiment using my Stampington sentiment stamps.
This method was so quick and simple and I do like the finished card so I'll be using my masking tape again.

Thanks for looking X

Don't know where the time went!

The last three and a half weeks have just flown by - been to London for a week and then my sister has been staying for two weeks.  Last Saturday she and I visited North Yorkshire and had dinner with 29 men!.......But that's another story.....LOL!
So.....nothing happening in my craftroom lately.

The photos are of a box I made for my son to give to his Dad for Father's Day. It was covered with metal and decorated using ten second studio tools, some cardstock letters, my cuttlebug and black acrylic paint.
Bye for now - hope to post again very soon X

Texture for Tuesday Taggers

The theme this week on Tuesday Taggers is texture and a prize is being offered by Tanda Stamps.  I made some paper flowers using the fab Paperartsy flower die.  They were sprayed with glimmer mist, inked and scrunched, then I put some brads in the middle.

Background paper is Crafty Individuals and all cardstock is by Stampin Up. The edge is done using a Martha Stewart punch.

Sentiment is by Stampington , Nestability label and American Crafts ribbon.

Thanks for looking X

Crafty Individuals Cards and some Distress Inks

June already!  I can't believe where this year is going.

 Here are three more cards I have made for my friend's order.   They are more simple than the ones in my last post and this time all the main images are by Crafty Individuals.

Card No 1:

The stamps in the background on this card are by 7Gypsies.  The yummy ribbon is by Stampin' Up.
The crackle background is also by Crafty Individuals, stamped with Old Paper distress ink.

Card No 2:

This was really simple - Background inked with Spun Sugar and Victorian Velvet distress inks, main image stamped in Vintage photo, swirls etc stamped with Victorian Velvet, then a brad and some lace added.

Card No 3:

Inks used are Dusty Concorde and Milled Lavender, sprayed with Periwinkle glimmer mist.  The ribbon is American Crafts and the gems are by Kaiser.

Thanks for looking.  Have a great day - the sun looks like it is going to shine.  Yaaaaay! X