A friend like you

It's one layer week at Less is More & I often find this challenge a challenge!  The challenge is to make the sentiment the main focus of the card. I haven't inked up these honeycomb stamps from Clearly Besotted for a while & thought these would make a nice background. I was tempted to go for pink,green & then yellow or purple as the third colour, but decided to use this lovely bright, but pastel blue instead. I quite like the card I have come up with this time ...

Thanks for popping by & take care.

Tam x

Supplies
CBS 'Honeycomb' stamps
Mama Elephant 'Friend Indeed' stamps
Ink pads - VersaMagic: pixie dust, sage, sea breeze; Memento: london fog; Versafine: onyx black

Inspiration
Less is More -  one layer cards where the sentiment is the focus of the card

Suits you sir!

I always find male cards the most difficult to make. I picked up 2 paper pads at a craft show in Birmingham recently which are perfect for male cards. I used one of them to make my nephew's birthday card ...

Thank you for popping by my blog. I hope you have a lovely weekend. I'm off to a crafting afternoon at a friend's house tomorrow where she is going to show us how to do book folding. The ones I have seen of my friend's & on Pinterest look fab so fingers crossed!

Take care.

Tam x

Supplies
CC 'Suits you Sir!' paper pad
Paper Smooches 'Incognito' stamp (moustache)
CBS 'Basic Banners' stamps (Happy birthday sentiment)
MFT Die-namics 'Tag you're it' die
MFT Die-namiccs 'Sentiment Strips' die
Divine twine

Inspiration
Sketch Saturday:

From all of us

Clearly Besotted has a fab release of goodies this month. My order arrived very quickly as always on Monday & I've had a quick play with one stamp set this afternoon. Here's what I came up with ...

I stamped the row of poppies stamp 3 times, the first time in orange, then I masked it & stamped either side in yellow. A couple of strips of card at the bottom emphasized the colours & I finished off by rounding the corners with my corner chomper & adding a couple of candy dots. I have a lot of these but I'm never sure how to place them on my card so that they don't look like they've just landed!

Thanks for popping by & take care.

Tam x

Supplies
SU cardstock & inks: old olive, daffodil delight, tangerine tango
CBS 'From all of us' stamps
SU candy dots - brights

Inspiration
Less is More: Colour week - Citrus
Just Us Girls: Word week - Flowers

Hip hip hooray!

A year ago my sister had a hip replacement so I wanted to make her a happy 1st birthday 'hip' card :)
Inspired by a couple of blog challenges, this is what I came up with ...

Thank you for all the lovely comments I've received on my last few blog posts - they're really appreciated. I hope you have a lovely weekend.

Take care.

Tam x

Supplies
Letters: CBS 'Basic numbers' stamps; Craftwork Cards Candi 'Alphabet' stamps
Balloon: CBS 'Make a wish' stamps & dies
Cuttlebug dots embossing folder
SU Sizzlits 'Lots of tags' die (pack of 4)
Red wire from craft stash
SU inks: pacific point, tempting turquoise, real red

Inspiration
Less is More: Include some wire
Sketch Saturday:

CASology: the cue card this week is 'SPIN' ... the wire on my card is 'spinning'??!! ... yes ok, I may be stretching this one a bit! :)

And even more 'Chloe'!

Anyone would think that I really love this die!!

I really liked the design of the card in yesterday's blog post, so I've used it again here, just tweaking it slightly. I embossed the top part of the card blank with white embossing paste using a Tim Holtz stencil. With another piece of cardstock I die cut a stitched rectangle & out of that a stitched circle, mounting it on the card base with 3D pads. A stamped sentiment & 2 die cut Chloe stems finish it off.

I entered a card on my blog the other day, here, into this week's 'Less is More' challenge but there wasn't really enough 'white space' on it to be classed as CAS. I think this one might be ok so I'm trying again!

Thanks for popping by & take care.

Tam x

Supplies
Memory Box 'Chloe stem' die
Lil' Inkers Stitched mat rectangles & circles dies
Tim Holtz Brick stencil
Sentiment - CBS Fabulous Fuschias
Ink/Cardstock - SU pear pizazz, blushing bride, night of navy
White cardstock - Craftwork Cards

Challenge inspiration
Less Is More - Add some texture
Pals Paper Arts - colour challenge:

Memory Box - Tickled Pink: pink cards

Cute Card Thursday - Florals

More 'Chloe' love

Here's another card using the Chloe die ...

A more clean & simple design this time, which I think makes the die really stand out.
Apologies for the photo ... I took it in the evening when the light wasn't very good. One of my aims in the next couple of months is to practice taking better photos!
I'm entering this card in the Just Us Girls challenge again, where it's colour week & they're looking for cards using teal, aqua & navy.

Thanks for popping by & take care.

Tam x

Supplies
Memory Box 'Chloe stem' die
CBS 'All Occasion Sentiments' stamp
Craftwork Cards 'Venetian' paper pad
Lil' Inkers 'Stitched circle' die

Challenges entered

Just Us Girls:

Lots of love for 'Chloe'

My crafting mojo has returned in the last week or two so I have quite a few cards to share with you!
First one up is this one ... I've seen the Memory Box 'Chloe stem' die used a lot on Pinterest but whenever I've looked for it online it's always out of stock. Thankfully I've at last been able to buy it & here's my first make with it:

I have a few stencils now & I really like the textured detail you can get using them with embossing paste.

Thanks for popping by & take care.

Tam xxx

Supplies
Memory box 'Chloe stem' die
Tim Holtz brick stencil
In My Mind's Eye 'Lost & Found' papers
Die cut sentiment: Craftwork Cards
White embossing paste

Inspiration
I've combined a few blog challenges for this card:
Less Is More: Add some texture
Just Us Girls: Colour week - Aqua, Turquoise/Teal & Navy

CAS(E) this Sketch!: