tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34702343593394753452024-02-06T19:19:25.752-08:00dreamy white navy blueSue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-46609743134312275392018-06-09T12:15:00.003-07:002018-06-09T12:20:40.537-07:00Friendship and walkies....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A card for a friend who loves nothing better than walking her lovely best friend Pippa, a black Labrador, in the local woodlands..... afraid my photography is a little wonky....<br />
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Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-74915981476200210712018-06-01T09:29:00.002-07:002018-06-01T09:29:31.607-07:00Birds of Paradise.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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That’s what I had in mind on this beautiful day, I simply brightly watercolored a piece of scrap card and diecut these cute tiny birds...I cut lots of them and selected these 5 - placing them on a hand drawn line on a plain white square card a simple sunny message completed the look .entering this card into the <a href="https://aaacards.blogspot.com/2018/05/cas-game-116-4th-big-birthday-bash.html">AAA card challenge to celebrate their 4th birthday </a></div>
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Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-90363699562895260452017-12-06T05:04:00.000-08:002017-12-06T05:04:56.204-08:00It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
a simple but a bit different red and green Christmas card....<br />
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Platinum embossed stamp, partly coloured in red and green (and I resisted the temptation to add some glitter!). With a simple stamped Script Merry Christmas with a little tiny holly leaf for the dot on the i ....<br />
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Entered in this weeks <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/challenge-357-red-green.html">LiM challenge red and green</a><br />
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Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-82059406036098700952017-11-26T08:29:00.002-08:002017-11-26T08:50:05.594-08:00Let it shine...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
and they really do (but a nightmare to photograph 😂🙏🤣....my Christmas cards made especially for my son and daughter and their respective families....<br />
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The first one is stamped with my all time favourite ( I’m finding this stamp so versatile!) it’s the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/sketchy-floral.html">Altenew Sketch Floral</a> stamp. Simply embossed with Wow Jingle Bells (it looks a little more gold than the old silver it really is) and to keep it cas I used a glue pen to colour in some of the flowers and sprinkled with Glamour Glitter. It was then mounted on some red sparkle card and a plain white A5 card. I die cut the word Noel from red glitter card and another 3 Sets from white scraps of card, these were all adhered together so that they stood proud of the stamping.<br />
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The second card was simply die cut ( an MFT script word) with the word Joy - keeping the tiny bits from the diecut, I placed a piece of silver behind the word and then carefully glued. the tiny bits back. To finish I added a small diecut poinsettia in silver...hope you like them!<br />
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<a href="http://aaacards.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/cas-game-104-christmas.html">Aaa cards-christmas</a>. <a href="http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/challenge-269-clean-and-simple.html">Addicted to stamps clean-and-simple</a> </div>
Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-43263644421635849042017-10-01T05:57:00.000-07:002017-10-01T05:57:18.433-07:00Watercolour card<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After an extremely busy and wonderful summer with family and all the grandchildren (& shock horror- internet problems which are now sorted!! Haha). Back to some card crafting, not that I haven't been busy on that scene too having made a start on my Christmas cards! Rekindled my crocheting (is that a word?) and Crocheted a beautiful little amigurumi penguin at a knit and natter group etc etc...<br />
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Anyway here's my card for this weeks challenges - Altenew image stamped on watercolour card, heat embossed with platinum powder, watercoloured with zig clean colour watercolour pens which I found to be so easy I have ordered a few more as I really love them...not so easy to see is that the card is layered with deep blue card and grey onto a blue card base....to enhance the colours and because water colour card/paper is usually creamier than plain white card and usually needs something more than a plain white card background. Enjoy<br />
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Entered into <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/challenge-348-watercolour.html">Less is more</a> , <a href="https://inspiredbyallthelittlethings.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/inspired-by-all-little-things-66.html?m=1">All the little things</a> , <a href="http://addictedtocas.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/addicted-to-cas-challenge-121.html">Addicted to CAS</a><br />
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Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-90955191349691047332017-06-27T01:34:00.001-07:002017-06-27T06:53:59.480-07:00Centre stage wording<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
That's the challenge over at <a href="http://aaacards.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/cas-game-93-words-take-centre-stage.html">AAA card challenge</a> and that gave me the idea for a birthday card for one of my grandchildren using birthday word power..., can't believe my gorgeous Grandson is 14yrs old!!<br />
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After stamping the different words and heat embossing in silver, I've simply layered the black card with silver card to enhance the silver embossing and added a red smile diecut which was stamped with red ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder to give the ink staying power<br />
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Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-24720006507541478832017-06-05T04:21:00.001-07:002017-06-05T04:32:23.139-07:00Ice cream<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Namely the old fashioned Neapolitan ice cream and that's the challenge this week at <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/challenge-331-neapolitan.html">Less is More</a>, sooooo I thought I'd try to do a 70's theme using a bit of feather and these super ice cream colours...<br />
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I've used a stencil of trailing leaves and flowers and used a selection of colours in Sahara sand pumice stone for the chocolates shades and frosty pink and coral berry for the strawberry ice cream shades...For the bird I stamped him on cream card in Saharan sand - fussy cut him and added some dusky pink feathers to his tail for a vintages/70's look. Topped off with a simple gold embossed phrase on a strip of Vellum that I thought went well with the theme and a few 70's sequins that are again now fashionable in the card world and on clothes. What goes round comes round so the saying goes.....<br />
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Some family time on holiday last week on the Yorkshire Coast (some beautiful stretches of beach there were too) and had to show my youngest enjoying his ice cream in the sunshine we were lucky enough to have!</div>
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Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-27882016365445284642017-05-25T04:50:00.000-07:002017-05-25T05:10:12.590-07:00Geometry,,,,,<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Well not quite thank goodness but the beautiful geometric shapes for a card design, so here goes.<br />
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Various geometric shapes stamped and heat embossed in detail gold for a bit of bling, the centres of the stamps coloured with promarkers inspired by some lovely feathers I have glimpsed in bottom right of photo<br />
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The sentiment I decided to create using a geometric font in keeping with the card design, the geometric letters too were coloured lightly in places. All backed onto a lovely rose gold coloured card I found.<br />
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Entering into <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/challenge-329-geometric.html">Less is More Geometric challenge</a><br />
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And I decided to send everyone a simple smile....to make my card I mixed up a few different stamps to create a clean and simple design focussing on the sentiment highlighted with some stripes and spots...I added a few extra spots with a black pen around the 'S' of smile to give a bit more balance.</div>
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Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-51990162477023847162017-05-06T09:11:00.000-07:002017-05-07T02:18:00.342-07:00A splash of yellow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The flowers and leaves etc were first stamped in soft granite and then to highlight just a couple of the flowers I used a warm sunshine inkpad (I love this warm sunshiny yellow inkpad)?<br />
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A simple grey sentiment stamped in charcoal grey onto a silver grey card-stock was all that was needed to complete my card, lifted with some foam tape...oh and a couple of clear dewdrops....enjoy.<br />
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The challenge this week from <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/challenge-327-yellow-grey.html">Less is More</a> is grey and yellow, also entering this card for <a href="http://thepapershelter.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/challenge-292-flowers.html">the Paper Shelter, flowers theme</a><br />
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Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-901016036163479512017-04-30T11:18:00.002-07:002017-04-30T11:18:12.296-07:00Shadows...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've linked this card to <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/challenge-326-lucky-dip-shadow.html">the Less is More, Lucky Dip Shadow challenge</a><br />
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Last week I went with a friend for a walk in a local bluebell wood, what can I say, it was beautiful! So I knew I wanted to make this card using flowers and blue! I've posted a collage photo below....<br />
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Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-43724407103094752022017-04-17T10:35:00.001-07:002017-04-17T10:39:02.062-07:00Spring walk<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Spring evokes many colours but for me yellow has to be the most prominent one and of course it's the start of beautiful swathes of flowers,<br />
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So for this weeks <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.ae/2017/04/challenge-324-spring-walk.html">Less is more challenge - Spring Walk</a> here is my take on the theme. (Have to make a confession here ....but my positioning of the frame and vellum wasn't great but ....I've run out of Vellum so needs must...( I have limited supplies at the moment as I'm visiting my daughter and Grandaughters in Dubai... and, Its only really visible when looking from a certain angle...hope I'm forgiven..!)<br />
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Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-44976105318696074792017-03-28T09:38:00.000-07:002017-03-28T09:39:47.057-07:00Happy Birthday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This week I have made a birthday card for one of my nieces.<br />
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I wanted a gold and white card with a tiny pop of colour, then found I onky had scraps of gold card so I cut and then coloured the outer layer of the white diecut frame with a gold leaf pen ( they are so useful!) et voila one gold frame. I water coloured a bit of watercolour card for the coloured birds and and used the scraps to cut the other birds. The sentiments are simply stamped and gold embossed.<br />
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Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-2662150851709743362017-03-19T07:11:00.000-07:002017-03-19T07:25:15.354-07:00Washi and die cut....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-25036718362773627882017-02-26T07:32:00.001-08:002017-02-26T07:34:38.498-08:00Sketch time...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A simple retirement card for a friend - I simply stamped and embossed in platinum once on watercolour card and once on Vellum. I watercoloured the pink flower added the sentiment in grey to match the grey layer then cut the card with a stitched rectangle to look like a photo frame added the fussy cut vellum flower falling off the edge of the card and a few gold sequins...not very good at photographing my cards ...but...I think I might have done a bit better with this one haha!</div>
Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-74144566353400534322017-02-24T09:09:00.000-08:002017-02-24T09:25:38.003-08:00Hydrangeas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
my first try at watercolouring using a clear embossed stamp image. Loving this hydrangea stamp and I have tried to capture the delicate lavender pink shading some of ours have..I just added a few clear dewdrops, and a Vellum stamped tag hope you like. I am entering into the <a href="http://aaacards.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/cas-game-84-watercolour.html">aaa card challenge which is watercolour s</a> and <a href="http://casethissketch.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/case-this-sketch-210.html">Case this Sketch</a><br />
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Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-39950469481209590252017-02-19T09:23:00.002-08:002017-02-19T09:23:40.905-08:00Hello....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I've also actually made some inroad into cataloging my stamps and dies...they are mostly now neatly filed in a couple of great little wooden boxes my husband made and painted for me......but what a job - so time consuming and I don't really have that many!.and what a lot of changes too over at "Less is More", I still take a peek nearly every week. </div>
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This weeks challenge is perfect as I have 3 male cards to make for my brothers in law. And the theme this week made me think of this...<a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/">Alphabets at Less is more challenge</a></div>
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Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-39678878153262937832016-11-06T06:24:00.001-08:002016-11-08T08:40:58.887-08:00Christmas is a coming....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
one of my Christmas designs for this year, very simple bird stamp (from one of the Altenew sets <a href="http://altenew.com/collections/stamps/products/wild-hibiscus">wild-hibiscus HERE</a> isn't she beautiful, looks very hand sketched....<br />
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I stamped the bird in charcoal grey and added some glamour dust and left it at that, to finish it's mounted on a stitched square diecut and sprinkled with glamour dust for a bit of Christmas! A computer generated sentiment to finish<br />
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I've also just had lesson number two at a friendly little art group I decided to join....this is one of my results as we were doing watercolour Christmas cards..as I'm hopeless at drawing I went for a simple wet on wet design and again glommed it up for a Christmas effect with some glamour dust ...again I added a little computer generated sentiment....</div>
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Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-88126407031330872862016-10-25T04:05:00.002-07:002016-10-25T04:05:23.530-07:00Poinsettia and tinsel....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
after a wonderful few days last week firstly at my Nephews wedding and what a wonderful day it was, in a stately home hotel which we had all to ourselves...amazing! Followed by some time catching up with family (sadly only 1 Aunty and 2 Uncles now) and a bit of Christmas shopping in Leamington Spa and Stratford upon Avon. And some grandchildren sleepovers this week as it's half term..a fun filled time all round!<br />
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My card for this week is for a couple of challenges simply using a poinsettia stamp I bought last year to make my Christmas cards, <br />
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I love simple elegant (well I try!! Haha) cards so I stamped the poinsettia on a scrap of Acetate with versamark, sprinkled and heat embossed with my new wow touch of midas (so sparkly and not quite gold or silver just simply gorgeous), a computer generated sentiment and a tiny little red robin to finish it off it et voila... I hope you can see that beautiful subtle sparkle (there are quite large pieces of sparkle in this wow embossing powder which subtly<br />
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I have already made about 36 Christmas cards to date before thinking of this design, but funnily enough they also use my favourite vellum as a pink snowflake in the background and my beautiful leaping reindeer and the little red robin to finish.....I have attached a little photo of them too as this is also a simple idea..<br />
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Challenge; <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/challenge-299-recipe.html">Less is More, recipe to use Acetate or Vellum</a><br />
I found this Christmas challenge by accident: <a href="https://scrapsoflifebyscrappymo.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/october-rudolph-days-challenge.html">october -rudolph-days-challenge</a><br />
And this one is soft and subtle...so The bits I have chosen to interpret are the banner (side on instead) & just one glorious flower <a href="http://fusioncardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/fusion-soft-and-subtle.html">Fusion soft and subtle</a><br />
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Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-87949806278920124012016-10-09T06:51:00.003-07:002016-10-14T01:46:37.817-07:00Dreams...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've not posted a card for a while but nonetheless have been busy crafting, a Pom Pom wreath for Christmas in creams, latte and few tiny red pom-poms...this led me onto making a pompom garland in pink grey and white for a friends new granddaughter and of course Christmas cards..I'm made 30 to date...amongst other projects I'm determined to finish such as binding my daughters king size quilt and my grandaughters double size quilt....a bit daunting and I keep putting it off!<br />
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My card this time is for the <a href="http://lim816brannan/">Less is more challenge DREAMS one layer</a> and also ties in nicely with the <a href="http://aaacards.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/cas-game-75-photo-inspiration.html">AAA card challenge - photo inspiration</a> I decided to use bright colours as the card is for a niece who is starting out at university...and the sentiment 'Wish upon a star and follow your dreams' is a mixture of creative license on my PC together with an old Pink Petticoat sentiment (unfortunately PP has closed, but I'm sure a lot of people still remember them)...<br />
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The stars are actually snow crystals, I only found these lovely stamps recently <a href="http://www.chloescreativecards.co.uk/stamps-by-chloe-jul018-snow-crystals.ir">At stamps by Chloe</a> and thought they were so pretty and will be a classic for years to come. Enjoy</div>
Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-92115859419985811672016-09-05T06:03:00.003-07:002016-09-05T06:14:09.071-07:00Peacocks........<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Such beautiful birds when their plumage is on full show,apparently it's all down to pigment and light causing those beautiful iridescent Jewel colours.....which gave me the idea for my card....Here's A close up of a peacock feather showing the beautiful copper and blue tones;-<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqBtpr1oOxOuq74_lSXnxR-c8nf9beK_J3mDg03O2Uewk9GLtDXa4ka6Wi5eVvygr2s2SD3AOUVY0cQeuPwLf77SuQVuKalOmmT2ZLe-wv9dgfn_syWlnUEVsNldvTslXkvddC1vU7F7F8/s1600/IMG_0169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqBtpr1oOxOuq74_lSXnxR-c8nf9beK_J3mDg03O2Uewk9GLtDXa4ka6Wi5eVvygr2s2SD3AOUVY0cQeuPwLf77SuQVuKalOmmT2ZLe-wv9dgfn_syWlnUEVsNldvTslXkvddC1vU7F7F8/s1600/IMG_0169.JPG" /></a><br />
For my card, I cut a square one, the sparkle and shine sentiment in gold embossing powder seemed so made for this card, and of course glitter and alcohol inks are always fun to play with......<br />
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Entering this card into <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/week-292-colour-challenge.html">Less is more colour challenge, Peacock feather</a> and <a href="https://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/pixies-snippets-playground-week-245.html">Pixies Snippets playgroun</a>d</div>
Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-26488953066327693412016-09-01T05:28:00.002-07:002016-09-01T05:49:01.656-07:00All squared up...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Just back from a River Cruise on the Douro in Portugal and oh my goodness was it hot....41 degrees! Beautiful interesting trip though, good company, lots of wine and port and far too much wonderful food and those Portugese tiles are gorgeous, and a stunning sunset we saw and that's the inspiration for my card this week...a tile and frame card.....<br />
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and it fits in nicely with a couple of challenges... I embossed some card and cut a square to use as a central tiled piece - using the de-bossed side. Found some old square peel off stickers to use as little borders for my tiles (probably bought them for the grandchildren to use). For a translucent look I coloured a piece of acetate with sunset shades of 2 pinks and a lemonade colour - alcohol inks..Still being new to these inks it's a bit of trial and error at the moment... Using stickers on one of my cards is also a first (I have never liked the idea of them, but think they are easy for children) then carefully cut out the squares and played around till came up with a layout I was happy with..hope you enjoy as much as I enjoyed making this one....<br />
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<a href="http://cardsinenvy.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/hip-to-be-square-card-challenge.html">Cards in Envy...Hip to be Square challenge is here</a><br />
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<a href="http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/pixies-snippets-playground-week-244.html">Scraps of anything challenge here</a><br />
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Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-81778798088717579652016-08-15T11:25:00.001-07:002016-08-15T11:25:19.823-07:00Beautiful butterfly....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Well that's my grandaughters opinion....I blended some inks on a sheet of acetate in blues and a touch of brown and blended a mix of some ink and paint on card ...cut out two butterfly's placing the acetate one on top for a bit of flutter and shine, heat embossed the words celebrate the joys of life which the butterfly certainly does..in platinum and added a couple of clear sequins....enjoy.<br />
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I am entering this card in <a href="http://aaacards.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/game-71-blending.html">AAA cards challenge ....blending</a><br />
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Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-1227788717590998272016-08-03T05:52:00.000-07:002016-08-03T05:52:11.569-07:00Christmas in August....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sue Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497083053348809413noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470234359339475345.post-73991264781613760632016-07-19T08:12:00.002-07:002016-07-19T09:14:45.948-07:00Roses are red...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
And they are one of my favourite flowers, not particularly long lasting but so beautiful especially the older fragrant roses. Let's face it I love flowers...and propped my finished card by some beautiful red gladioli that we picked out of the garden this week.....<br />
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I decided to use one of my favourite Altenew stamps inked up in red paint rather than an ink pad and a repetition of stripes using a thin black and white washi tape I had in my stash......I wanted to keep it simple ......enjoy<br />
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That's my offering on this beautiful hot summers day. I've got three of the grandchildren for a few hours, some water and ice creams and they're as happy as can be and grandad will be BBQing the tea...<br />
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I'm entering this card into <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/we-have-come-around-to-another-theme.html">The Less is More Challenge</a> repetition and <a href="http://aaacards.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/game-69-one-stash-favourite.html">AAA one stash favourite challenge</a> and <a href="http://casethissketch.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/case-this-sketch-181.html">case this sketch</a><br />
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