A wedding card and a new die...

Morning everyone... or, you know, afternoon (or evening?) depending on when Blogger decides to let this appear lol.

For today's card I've used another of those sneaky new dies that keep finding their way into my home...

I couldn't resist this fab curved die (and a few others that were equally sneaky) from Crafter's Companion.  I'll probably replace the sentiment with a personalised one - it's a card my mum asked me for, but she didn't have the details (it's her hubby's relative getting married and she didn't want to get it wrong).  I thought I'd get it made while the idea was in my head though!

Items Used

Classical Edge die - Crafter's Companion

Heart dies - Lil' Inkers

Leaf-filled Flourish die (cut up) - MFT die-namics

Sentiment - Clearly Besotted

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Harry Fishing - DigiStamp Boutique DT

Hello :o)

Apologies for disappearing for a few days... it's just been one of those weeks, and also my blogger issues are driving me slightly mad!  I'm going to schedule the next few posts in the mornings, and then at least I know they'll show up during the day some time instead of in the middle of the night.

Anyway, enough moaning from me!  Here's my card for DigiStamp Boutique this week, using the fabulous new Harry Fishing.

My hubby doesn't fish... he's one of those awkward men with very few hobbies!  This one is for an order.

Items Used

Image - NEW Harry Fishing - DigiStamp Boutique

Colouring - copics

Papers - So Rad - Simple Stories

Sentiment tags - LOTV

Doodlebug twine

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Simon Says - anything goes
Allsorts Challenge - happy birthday
CRAFT - father's day/ male

Thanks for popping in, hope you have a lovely evening :o)

Terrible Teens - Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Happy Saturday :o)

Over at Sweet Stampin', our challenge for this week is 'terrible teens'... and ooh mine is SO hard to please!  We're sponsored by the fabulous Lawn Fawn with a great prize for our lucky winner.

So, as a general rule Morgan is very supportive of my cards.  He often pops into the craft room and says lovely things about my makes... he raves about them to other people too, he's a great walking advert for me lol.  However... when it comes to cards for his own friends he becomes a flippin' nightmare!  They can't have too much stuff on them... that's embarrassing.  But they also can't be too simple... then there's not enough on them, and we might as well have bought one... sigh.  This one passed though thankfully, and was given to one of his friends.  Morgan quite likes neon at the moment, and there's a bit of detail on it but not too much.  Dex is SO much easier!

Items Used

Stamp - MFT Birthday Chalkboard Greetings

MFT Stitchable Dot Circle STAX

Stiched square - MFT Blueprints 14

Neon card - Papermania?  Might have been free with Docrafts mag

Doodlebug enamel dot

Star punch

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At sea....

Hello :o)

I wanted to play along with this week's Less is More challenge, even though it's the dreaded 'one-layer' week... and the theme is 'at sea'... ummm.... ummm...

Ok, so I might be pushing the theme a bit, but that could be the sea that he's fishing in, couldn't it?

I don't usually enjoy making one-layer cards, but I have to admit, I did have fun with this one!  Lots of masking, inky splodging, flicking water and ink, spraying shimmery stuff... which doesn't show up in the main photo so here's a little close up that sort of shows it.

The only problem is, there are now smudges of ink on the back of the card, as it's just about impossible to be neat and tidy with that much ink flying around!

Items Used

Stamp - Kids at Play - Flourishes

Sentiment stamp - Penny Black

Distress Inks - Shabby Shutters & Faded Jeans

Stampin' Up Ink - Night of Navy

Heidi Swapp Colour Shine Spray - Sea Foam

Paper Smooches Stitched dies

Plus water (and drops of night of navy ink) flicked off a paintbrush!

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Milestone word art - DigiStamp Boutique DT

Hello :o)

I've made a couple of simple cards using a fab new set from DigiStamp Boutique... big bold sentiments for those special birthdays.

I printed them onto patterned paper from an old pad that I'm trying to use up... strangely whenever I try to use the scraps up, I just seem to create more... not sure if I've ever managed to completely finish a paper pad lol!

Items Used

NEW Milestone word art - DigiStamp Boutique

Papers - Happy Days - Papermania

Twill ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons

Buttons from my stash

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Penny Black cats...

Happy Saturday :o)

I spotted this die in a sale recently and just couldn't resist!  Wish there was a dog version too.

The lovely Sarah mentioned on yesterday's card that I could also enter it for the 'inlaid dies' challenge at AAA Cards... but I thought I might as well make a new card, seen as it gave me an excuse to use my new die.  I'm now thinking this one would be far better for the friend I made yesterday's card for... but I personalised that one lol!

Items Used

Penny Black feLINE die

Sentiment - Stampin' Up

Paw print stamp - Paper Smooches Chubby Chums

White Ink - Stampin' Up

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Less is More - pastel shades

Hello everyone :o)

Wow, that bug really wiped me out!  I've hardly done anything this week, just been too tired.  I really wanted to join in with Less is More though, so here's my attempt at 'pastel shades'...

My first play with that butterfly die that I was searching for.  I cut it from white card, and then from all the other colours, then pieced it back together... not totally successfully, as it didn't seem to want to go back together!  There are a couple of tiny gaps that are irritating me.

Items Used

Bellina Butterfly Ribbon die - Poppy Stamps

Sentiment & alphabet stamps - Paper Smooches

Memento Ink in Espresso Truffle

Stampin' Up Ink in Coastal Cabana

Off for another snooze... hope I'm back to normal tomorrow, need to get making again!

Thanks for popping in, hope you have a lovely evening :o)