Louise

I can't get my head around it being October... nearly Christmas! My family have most of our birthdays in the Autumn.  Even Ella the 'puppy' was one year old on the 10th, same day as my 23 year old Sophie.  I have made a few cards over the summer but not gotten to post them.  This card is for my dear Sister and best friend Louise.  She is very 'crafty' and as sewing was easier on a card than crochet... !!
I used/would like to enter:
Sketch from Freshly made sketches #56
Theme from Ribbon Reel: NEUTRAL PALETTE in the photo and include A DAMASK PATTERN, LACE / RIBBONS
Die cut with my e-craft the dress form, SU punches for Simon says stamps : dies and/or punches and Pile it on # vintage-or-shabby-chic
Some lovely vintage seam binding, bits of gold mesh, embossing folder damask, little blue rose which I think came from Wild Orchid. Beads and bits and bobs from stash.

Happy 1st Birthday Ella

Beach Wedding

This my first card for ages.  We are going to a beach wedding on Saturday so I wanted to come up with a card with a 'beachy' theme!  I cut out the palm trees with my E-craft which is working again, more or less. I used various embossing folders.  I would like to enter: Little Claire Monthly Challenge # 25 'Stand Up Straight!, Simon Says....Emboss It ! and a new challenge Creative cutting 1-anything-goes.

Flourish

This week at Less is more #71 it is one layer week and add a flourish!  After several ended up in the bin (the punch was sticking) I was left with these two.  I had wanted the SU set 'Snow Swirled' for ages but it has never been in the UK catty so I got it off e-bay.  The entire tree is made of flourishes and on the 2nd one there are even some on the ribbon.  I quite like one layer week, I actually find it quite hard to be able to add layers now! LOL  I have had a lovely time looking at the cards of the Limettes this week, I can't always comment as I can't type on the ipad thingy but I do look and admire :-)
SU stamps and punch, ribbon, bling from stash, gold embossing powder.

MOJO245 Engagement

This week I have been 'home alone' and recovering from having visitors.  the fact that it hasn't stopped raining all week has given me the opportunity to get some cards made.  Mojo Monday  is a challenge I often look at as I like the sketches but I don't think I have entered a card before.
I used the colors from this weeks dynamic duos #6  I had a nice box of Stampin' up! goodies arrive from Alison including the new Twitterpated DSP so I just had to use it!  The heart and sentiment are highlighted with a sakura clear star sprarkle pen but it does not really show up on the picture. Seam binding, bling, grey cardstock  & punches found on my desk! I would also like to enter the ribbon girls Challenge

Mellow Yellow

At Less is more Week 69 We have a very simple recipe this week and that is simply to make a card which is

NOT A SQUARE

nor a rectangle for that matter.

For once I am not uploading at the 11th hour!  This card was a total accident, I have been trying to get the E-craft working i.e. not chewing up my cardstock and paper! I can never remember the pressure for each paper and although it is supposed to be 'matless' some kind of mat IS needed, I found a cropper hopper plastic 12x12 divider. I hardly use the e-craft as it takes so long to get a good cut. Don't even get me started on the crappy software it comes with, lucky I have SCAL!  

Anyway enough of a ramble, I was using this svg file 'Hibiscus stencil card' (I cannot remember where it came from, there is no TOU and no name on the file.  If anyone knows please let me know and I'll add a link.)  I was using cardstock in colours I never normally use to test the machine.  This was the 4th attempt..... the sentiment is SU.  I used stick and spray to attach the red front to the yellow but then realised that the yellow cut outs were sticky ...Doh!  so I had a brain wave and poured crystal glitter over the card and volia! a shaped card !!!

Edit: the file was from here

Baby

Less is More week #68 theme - A baby or a child

51 mins to go! SU baby tees stamp taken off its wheel, odd bits of cardstock embossed and punched , promarkers, seam binding (it is rose pink but looks odd on the scan)  I had to scan the card as my battery was dead :-(.
Lots of white space, I think the longer I spend on a card the less white space there is! I have been planting tomato plants today, it was sunny for a change!

Less is more #

This week at less is more we are week-67-one-layer, 3 stamps various distress inks, SU blossoms stamps x 2 happy birthday stamp from Blade Rubber, not quite navy SU cardstock and punch. bling from stash.

This is about my 10th try all the others either   a) I forgot the white space     b) inky fingers... c) Colitis cat sat in dirt then ink then on card, d) builder called me downstairs to review sanding of terrace table and I then knocked over a cup of tea. So 11th hour as usual! I do wonder how I ever managed to run a department when I can't even get a card finished with a weeks notice.  That's what fibromyalgia (and brain fog, chronic pain, insomnia) does to you, it robs you of the person you used to be, especially when the weather is damp/cold. Everything takes longer and if you actually remember what it was you were trying to do in the first place, it is a good day. My 3rd sister who is only 35 and due to get married  soon as just been diagnosed (2nd sister was 4 years ago) so I'm feeling a bit sorry for us all today. (normally i'm a silver lining, glass half full  type)  Darwin would probably have us all shot!  I will feel better and more positive when this hellish Vent d'autan wind stops blowing,  the hail stops wrecking my garden  and the sun finally comes out again!

Playing the 'Glad Game' My beautiful rose around the kitchen door, (before the wind, and rain got to it!)

PS I do surf the lovely limettes cards on Mr D's mac thingy that does not have a keyboard as sitting at my computer and touch typing away is my No1. trigger so a rationed pastime ;-)
xxx