Three of a kind

A friend asked me for a card for one of her chums and this stamp from Art Impressions came to mind. She actually thought it was perfect for her friend. It was coloured with alcohol markers in colours chosen by the sender and the sentiment was added via the computer. A little cutting out and mounting on dimensional pads and it was done.

This image reminds me of spending time with two of my dear  friends. We went to the Christmas Market in Winchester a little time ago and I spotted a stall which sold Raclette cheese. The girls immediately requested that we had some for our New Year's Eve Meal this year. It's an occasion that we have celebrated together for about 17 years.  One brings the first course, one brings the dessert and I provide the bit in the middle! Four couples around the table (Phil's brother and his wife come too) is a recipe for lots of fun! Great food, plenteous drinks and silly games make for a most enjoyable time!

I hope you all have fun this New Year too!

AAA Cards

Dreams

I don't often use LOTV images... I think I should use them more often as they are simply delightful. For this one I made the sentiment on the computer and then stamped the image in the appropriate position. When using Word, I have the size of the page set to 105%.  On my machine, that is just about the actual size of a piece of A4 card. I can then hold an image stamped on a piece of regular copy paper against the screen, letting the light shine through it, to see where I want the words placed to complement it. A bit Heath Robinson, but it works for me.

I have had this stamp from Art Impressions for quite some time, but hadn't quite figured out how to use it!

I decided to trawl the internet for a sentiment which would fit and I think that this one seems pretty good! Needless to say it was computer generated... in Brubeck AH font, I thought the style of script suited the lines of the image.

This little guy just about sums up how I feel after tearing around the country this week looking after grandkids... but I just love that fact that a) my kids want me to help out and b) that I'm still able to do it!

It's one layer week once more at Less is More so these are examples for that challenge!
The theme is Dreams!

Red

I was asked to make a card for a lady's birthday incorporating a golf theme!

This is what I came up with. The stamp is from Art Impressions, partly paper pieced and coloured with alcohol pens, before cutting out and popping onto dimensional pads.

The  sentiment is computer generated in Cashew Apple Ale font.

Addicted to CAS has the theme RED and I thought this appropriate!

AAA cards has a LOVE theme this time... it is that time of year after all!

I bought some of the elements for this card from Michael's and Hobby Lobby on a recent visit to Florida. The lips are from a Recollections set and the heart embossing folder from Cuttlebug. The sentiment is from a stamp which I've had for some time from Sir Stampalot!

This makes me happy

Today the mailman brought me a package from Simon Says Stamp... always a thrill!

This time it contained, among other things, this set of stamps from Mama Elephant! I think this little bunny is just the cutest thing.

This really made me happy!

I thought the scrap of gingham paper looked a little like a picnic blanket. It's mounted on a Dienamics pierced rectangle, with a stitched heart, also from Simon Says Stamp.

It follows the sketch from Colours and Sketches

The next one is my ever favourite Penny Back chicken... guaranteed to bring a smile to my face!

You might have guessed that this makes me happy, (it makes me happy just to be stamping and colouring them)  secondly the fact that she has some mail... especially if it contains some crafting goodies! 

I love these stamps from Art Impressions , they are such fun and I also love the topic of this particular one... Wine!

Here I used a background embossing folder of corks from Darice, a paper pieced sofa, and an image coloured with Mirage Pens. The sentiment is computer generated in VNI Thufap2 font.

It was fun doing these cards!

Friends

The challenge at "Less is More" this week is entitled Friends.

Here are the cards I made for it!

Lots of you know how much I like chicken images and this one from the Rubber Stamp Gallery arrived today. Is this chicken cool or what?!

I'm also adding this to Darnell's NBUS challenge together with Casology's challenge which is running alongside it! It's also for this Colours and Sketches challenge

Here are some ladies from the Art Impression 'Girlfriends' series of images. I love them! The sentiment is computer generated and printed directly into the card base. The image, coloured with Mirage Pens, was cut with a stitched rectangle die from Simon Says Stamp... adjusted slightly to fit the image and the card base.

These Penny Black ducks are obviously feeling friendly. Details of how it was done are on the LIM blog!

I am linking this to the Love and Friendship challenge at Uniko Studio

Speaking of friends, I paid a visit to my friend and fellow designer Anne's new home last week. She has done an amazing job especially as she was downsizing. Sorting her crafting space was a matter of priority, it looks amazing!

I shall have to go again and join her for a crafting session!