Simple circles

Greetings to my cyber guests, you are most welcome here - I had hoped to get this post up sooner but as many know, just sometimes life gets in the way!

I had to have another attempt at the Less is More Challenge, and the theme this week is circles, and I have been dying to ink up this stamp set that has sat languishing on my desk for some weeks without ever seeing some ink!!

The set is called Just for you and is marketed by  by The Crafts Meow.

As the challenge is for a Clean and Simple Card I simply stamped three circles down the side of the card and added the sentiment in the same Pearlescent Orchid ink, added the bow and three half pearls and it was complete.

I then used the same images and ink and altered the layout slightly, 

This time the ribbon was a different, more 'blue based' pink, and I used a mauve pearl, and the ink looked more mauve too.  Very interesting.

In this next photo you can see the pearlescent glimmer in the ink on the left.

And here is a close-up of the gorgeous bow

I was pleased with both these cards and I doubt if they took longer than 45 minutes for them both.

I am linking this to:

 Simply Less is More - challenge #24 - circles (top card)
And then I was so late posting this the challenge had closed :-(

CCEE Challenge 1129 - Encouragement

DigiDoodle Challenge #68 - Clean and Simple

Sassy Studio Challenge #82 - Clean and Simple

Aud Sentiments Challenge #33 - Encouragement

Thank you for visiting , and please keep the comments coming, I love knowing what you think.

May your day be Blessed.

Happiness is....

A card that comes together quickly and as planned!! :-)

Welcome, and thank you for visiting.

This card is needed for a birthday celebration, and I wanted it to be bold in it's colours.  I also used a current sketch pattern as my base.

The center panel is a bright gold card, and the image is from a set put out by The Crafts Meow called Happiness is.... The edges of the panel were sponged with Cantaloupe ink.

I gold embossed the main image on white card and painted it using ink from my Memento pads dandelion and cantaloupe. The leaves were stamped with Memento Bamboo leaves.  These images were popped up on foam to give some dimension. The sentiment is unknown and embossed with gold. 

The blue panel at the end has three paper flowers on it which have been smudged with Cantaloupe ink to match the rose, and then I added some half pearls.  The ribbon has gold hearts on it as the card is for a dear friend.

The final panel is some handmade paper that I bought as part of a pack at the local Warehouse (Think Michaels or K Mart in USA)

These three panels were mounted on white card which I sponged the edges of with  bamboo leaves ink before layering it onto the green base.  A few more pearls were added to the main panel as a finishing touch.

I am linking this to:

Card Patterns Sketch Challenge # 124

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Twins and digi twins.

Evening everyone from a cold, wet, windy antipodean island, thunderstorms snow (but not here, thankfully) and all!!  

Last week I was asked to make a card for a family who have recently had twin daughters.

I started with an image from May Brit's blog (here) - she draws and shares some beautiful images.  I took the baby bear image, copied it and flipped it to give the impression of twins.  I coloured them with chalks, the one that the camera shows as blue is actually a mauve. 

I added some mauve lace and pink and mauve rhinestones, and sponged the edge of the image with plum ink. 

 I mounted it on a lemon card that I had randomly stamped pink butterflies on - the butterfly image is from The Crafts Meow Friend of Mine stamps set.

After mounting the main image I ran a glitter pink pigment pen around the edge of the panel.

The sentiment (unknown origin) was stamped in Pearlescent Orchid ink, cut out using a ribbon tags die from Spellbinders Arts, and then sponged with the Plum ink and ran the pen around the inside edge of the die before removing it.  (I tried to alter the colour of this image to make it more realistic, but didn't do it correctly.) The ribbon was a narrow stitched one I had on hand.

I am linking this to the following challenges;

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes

Quirky Crafts challnge #14 - No Patterned Paper

Stamping Sisters In Christ Challenge #97 - what works for you - chalks

(The Stamping Sisters In Christ challenge is based on James 2:18-19.  I commend their study to you)

Paper Creators Craft - Challenge #2 - Special occasion

Sweet Stampin' - Cute and Cuddly

Thanks for visiting, and may your day be blessed.