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

You're spec-tacular

I had a bit of a craft buying splurge recently & one of my treats was the 'Incognito' stamp set by Paper Smooches. It has some great stamps of specs & moustaches with some cool sentiments. I made a simple card using this set together with a matching spectacles die:

The specs were die cut from black card & I used Stampin' Up Candy Dots for the eyes. A bit of colour from the red striped Simple Stories 'Snap Color Vibe' paper adds to the funkiness!

Life's been a bit hectic here recently; my daughter had her school prom & a week later, a 'graduation' ceremony to celebrate the end of her secondary school life.

Now I may be slightly biased but I think she looks stunning. Or dare I say, quite spec-tacular :)

Thank you for popping by & for all your lovely comments, I really appreciate them.

Tam x

Inspiration
Less is More Colour challenge - red, white & blue

One layer challenge

Hello, I linked up my Good Luck card from last week to the Less is More challenge as it fitted with the opposite colour on the colour wheel theme. However it was probably a little busy to be classed as clean & simple. So I decided to rise to their challenge this week which is to only use one layer with the theme of water. I also used the colours in the Pals Paper Arts colour scheme this week. Here's what I came up with ...

You may not be able to see from the photo, but I used glossy accents on the raindrops & wink of Stella on the umbrella to give it a bit of sparkle. Unfortunately the wink of Stella came out a bit quick! Lesson learnt!

Supplies

Stamps - Clearly Besotted 'April Showers'
Inks - Stampin' Up: Daffodil delight, Crumb cake, Coastal cabana
Die - Lil Inker Designs 'Stitched Rectangles'
Other - Wink of Stella, Glossy accents

Thanks for stopping by. Take care.

Tam x

Feeling better

Hello all! My sister & I both suffer with arthritis, my sister being in increasing amount of unbearable pain over the last 6 months. She had a hip replacement a few weeks ago, which even in these early days of recovery has drastically reduced her pain. She hates hospitals & has a needle phobia but has just been amazing, I'm so proud of her!
Anyway, she asked me to make a card for her to give to the nurses to say thank you & here is the result ...

Of course, I had to make her a 'get well' card too! I couldn't resist a tongue in cheek sentiment ...

I'm going to enter this card in this week's challenge at CASology where the cue challenge is 'Spring'.
I think these flowers are perfect for the spring theme.

Supplies
Stamps - Simple Silhouettes, Clearly Besotted
Ink pads - Stampin' Up
Card blank - Craftwork Cards
Dies - Rectangle stitched mats, Lil Inkers

Thanks for popping by & taking a look.
Take care,

Tam x

Buttons!

I went through a button buying frenzy a year or 2 ago but I must confess I have hardly used any buttons on any of my cards! So when I saw the challenge at CAS-ual Fridays was to use buttons, I knew I must get those buttons out & have a play.

Supplies used:

Stamps: Clearly Besotted 'Home Sweet Home'

Ink pads: SU  

Paper: The Sweetest Thing Tangerine - My Mind's Eye

Other: Buttons, Lil' Inkers Rectangle Stitched Mats, Twine

Thanks for popping by & take care x