Noel

Today I made a card following the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches

Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with dies

I use a couple of strips of water-coloured paper, a sentiment and a few stars. The edges of the stars and the sentiment are gently twinkled with Glamour Dust. I don't tend to make Christmas cards with non-trad colours, but I seemed to have done a few this year!

 

Thanks

I was wondering what I could do as a second contribution to the challenge CAS Mix Up and loved Bonnie's DT card, so thought I would do something along the same lines. I wasn't incredibly successful at the  Splash technique, which is why there is selected portion on show in this card. However, having said that, I do like the bit I can see!. I was more successful with regular card than with watercolour paper, which may not have been heavy enough.

The sentiment is from SSS, I thin k the birds are Memory BOx, but I'm sure someone will let me know if I am wrong.

This evening we are to have a choir rehearsal in a barn! Socially distanced of course, but it looks as though there will be no chance of any sort of concert this summer as Mr Johnson has delayed the lifting of restrictions for another month!

Let's hope for better things in the autumn term!

 

Merci

When I first started cardmaking, I was clueless as to styles and genres and it was only after I started my blog that I settled on my preferred style which is Clean and Simple. I bought all sorts of bits and bobs, and lots of the designer papers I bought have since been donated to a charity shop which has a craft section. I guess it took a period of experimentation to discover what really appealed to me. Now that the shops are opening up again following Lockdown, I shall probably be taking another contribution of stamps, dies and punches etc to the shop. I really need to de-clutter! I wish my room looked as clear as my cards!

For this one, I began by making a watercolour background, by splodging a little paint with some water on watercolour paper. I die cut a few delicate sprigs in plain white card and just one in gold. I wanted the sentiment to tie in with the other die cuts and so chose this one from Simply Graphic, a company in France (... hence the language). I think that the thickness of the lettering matches well with the delicacy of the stems. I don't remember the make of the foliage and I can't put my finger on the packaging either. I think that it is possibly Alexandra Renke.

Always Fun Challenges - Clean and Simple