Happy Turquoise birthday!

Hello all!

Have you had a nice weekend? I had a lovely time in Durham with Mike...we stayed in a beautiful place called The Old Mill at Knitsley. The owner, Pauline, and her daughter couldn't do enough for us and the food was outstanding! I would totally recommend it! Here are a few pictures of the lovely inn, in it's lovely setting...

Ok, so on to today's crafty offering, for which I used the sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch as my inspiration...

And here is my card...

I first of all die cut 'happy' out of Tempting Turquoise (a colour I often overlook!) and then out of the top of the white panel, leaving only half of the negative. I sponged the bottom of the top panel with Tempting Turquoise ink, then added some splodges of ink using a sponge dauber. 

I inlaid the turquoise word into the negative space, stamped 'Birthday' from the Crazy About You stamp set and finished with a Silver Mini Brad. 

The Crazy About You stamp set and dies are available as a bundle at 15% off if you buy together...what a brilliant deal, don't you think?!

Have a lovely Wednesday and I'll see you tomorrow with my DT card for CAS-Colours and Sketches!

My card for my man :)

Hello everyone!

1 more sleep!!! Are you excited? I actually am this year...I have a feeling Christmas might be pretty good, and a lot of that is thanks to my wonderful man, Mike. 

So I thought I would share the card I made for him with you...

I decided to use a heart shape as a bauble, and I really love the new Sweetheart shapes we have....they remind me of the hearts I used to draw as a child! 

So I punched the heart from Silver Glimmer paper, and popped it up on Dimensionals into the middle of a stamped heart from the Groovy Love stamp set. I added some Baker's Twine to make it look like the bauble was hanging, and added a small heart from the Itty Bitty Accents punch set, and finished with a Silver Mini Brad.

I really like how clean the card looks, though for a while I was worried it look a bit Valentine-y! So I added the sentiment from an old set, and personalised it using the Little Letters Thinlits.

The colours I've used fit into the challenge at Create with Connie and Mary this week, so I shall be linking it up to their challenge.

So I hope you don't have too much to do today, and can get chance to relax with your family. I'm off for a walk into town to enjoy a coffee with Keiran, and watch all the last minute shoppers rushing around! Have a lovely day!

How busy are you this week??

Hello everyone!

Wow it's been a busy time in my household! I have had so much to do, including some last minute Christmas orders...I can't wait to slow down a little lol!

Anyway, it's time for our new challenge at CAS-Colours and Sketches, and we are looking for the double this week! It is still an open week, so you can choose to use any of our previous double challenges, which you can find on the archives page of our blog.

I still had a couple of orders to fulfil, so I chose the following sketch as I thought it would be perfect for the card I had in mind.

So here is my card...

I cut out the window frame then stamped it using the Hardwood background stamp and Sahara Sand ink. *TIP*-if you rub the ink into the card before it dries it gives a softer appearance to the wood.

I stamped the Wondrous Wreath with Always Artichoke, (I stamped off first for the main leaves), then die cut it with the matching Framelits (I love these stamp/die sets!). Even the flowers are part of the set....aren't they lovely? And can you just see the 'nail' holding the wreath to the window frame? It is one of the often forgotten Silver Mini Brads...I always seem to forget I have them but I think they were the perfect solution here!

So which double will you choose?? I can't wait to see some of the funky coloured cards you're all bound to make!