70th Birthday

I searched everywhere in my computer for this Wax Fruit Image and finally found it in my Documents rather than in my Downloads. Some day I should organise my files! The 70 was added to the image in Word and the image was coloured with alcohol pens.

It is another commission card for a friend.

The 'Birthday' die is from Papertrey Ink and the other part of the sentiment was made with Memory Box dies used to echo the style of the 'birthday'!

It's for the challenge at CAS on Friday

Challenge #125, Color me pretty - Use markers or pencils on your card

My friend also wanted me to make a card for her husband from their cat!

This is what I came up with.

I love this cat image (which I had stamped and coloured some time ago) but I cannot either a) find the stamp or b) remember the make to order a replacement!

The sentiment was computer generated.

Love

Since coming back from my cruise I was asked to make some Valentine cards and here is the first of them. A card for someone from my choir for his wife... hence the musical reference!

The manuscript is from a large background stamp from Impression Obsession, the sentiment from Sir Stampalot, with the addition of a couple of tiny die cut hearts.

It's for the challenge at AAA Cards, where the theme is  LOVE

I love the frog in this picture!

It's that time of year!

It seems almost a lifetime ago that Mandi and I had the idea to start a Clean and Simple Challenge in Blogland. It is in fact 7 years ago that we began "Less is More" and for the past year or so Sarah and her group and like minded buddies have continued the tradition.

Life somehow got in the way for me. We have been taking lots of vacations (we've just returned form a cruise to the Caribbean) and calls upon us as grandparents, helping out our busy offspring (our son is a GP and our daughter is HR Director at Ovo Energy) with the grandchildren has been both our pleasure and delight. However it's all a call on our time, so card making and blogging have taken somewhat of a backseat.

The other increasing problem for me has been cataracts and I will be having surgery on February 27th to rectify this.

Anyway it's my pleasure to join in with this week's challenge at LIM which has the theme - MUSIC.

The first card uses a little washi tape and a few simple die cuts. The swirl is from Sizzix, the butterflies are Penny Black and the sentiment, Tattered Lace and I'm not sure of the make of the foliage.

For this second one I used clear heat embossing of some IO manuscript for the background of the top section, die cut with stitched dies from Simon Says Stamp and Creative Dies from Craft Stash.

I get muddled with which butterflies in my collection come from which manufacturer and this is one that I am unsure of.

The sentiment was from a freebie set from Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine.

It's lovely to join in at Less is More once again and  I must congratulate Sarah, Anita and all the girls on their continued great work!

It's nice to be back even if only for a brief visit!

Hearts

I love die-cutting and embossing and here is a simple card using both techniques. The embossing folder is from Cuttlebug and the flower die from Sizzix. The stitched edge die is a new one from Creative Dies from Craft Stash and the sentiment a freebie from a magazine, applied using my MISTI.

It is my DT card for the Hearts Challenge at Happy Little Stampers CAS section.

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!