Another Challenge card

This time it's for Forever Friends fortnightly challenge which this time the theme is 

                                           Embossing: Heat or Dry

Here is my card.

Recipe:- 

Square card blank

Forever Friends football bear stamp coloured with promarkers
Nesties Labels 2

Black card

White bazzill bling card

Football embossing folder

Craftwork Cards greeting

Stampin Up scalloped oval punch

Gems from my stash.

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Less is More Challenge Week 83

I have been thinking for some time that I would like to enter some challenges but never get round to it, but surprise surprise I went through a few challenge blogs and have made a couple of cards to enter in different ones.

Here is my first one - the Less is More challenge this week which is 'Colours' - Brown & Pink.

Recipe: -

Pre cut panels - brown and pink - from Craftwork Cards (the 2 brown panels were stuck together to make a card blank)

Stampin Up greeting stamp

Stampin up ink pad - Close to Cocoa

Stampin Up Bird Punch

Pink gem from my stash.

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So the week begins again!!

Can you believe it's Monday already. Was up early today and at the Gym by 7.45am. Am really enjoying my exercising and am feeling much better for it. Came back home and did the dreaded housework - yuck - but it had to be done! Had Slimming club this evening - lost 1lb which I am very pleased with bearing in mind that I had 2 take away and ate out yesterday and had cake!!! I have given myself a target of loosing 8lb by my birthday which is on 2nd October. I will then weigh less than I have been in about 20 years!! I will keep you posted on how I get on.

I did get to make a card this afternoon and will show that in a later post but for today here is a card I made for 1 of my nephews for his birthday this month. It's another decoupaged car. They are so good for male cards!

Recipe: -

Square card blank

Black card and silver holographic card from scrap box

La Pashe 'Wacky Wheels' decoupage image

3 glittered brads

Greeting from Craftwork cards.

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Lovely Day

Second post for me today although I did cheat with the earlier one as I scheduled that from yesterday. I have had a lovely day today as we have been out for a meal at the Queen's Head pub in West Chiltington in Sussex. We were celebrating our friends 50th birthday which is on Wednesday. We went out today as this was the only day both his sons were available. Ate a bit too much but it was lovely so will have to work extra hard at the gym tomorrow morning. 

Now to my card for the day. This is for my sister whose birthday is later this month. I do like using black and white.

Card Recipe :-

Square card blank

Devine swirls embossing folder

Nesties - curved rectangles

Decoupage flowers (not sure where this came from as found it already made up in my box!)

Black card, gems and ribbon all from my stash

Silver 'Happy Birthday' peel off.

Greeting from Craftwork Cards.

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Friends 50th Birthday

It's a friends 50th birthday next week and he has recently got very much into gardening and bores tells us about what he has grown and how his veggies are doing :-). I saw this decoupage sheet image and knew it would be ideal for him!!

Recipe:-

A5 card blank

Backing done on Craft Artist Professional (am beginning to really like that programme)

Decoupaged image - not sure where it comes from as found it in my stash

Hopefully he will see the funny side of it.

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Anniversary Cards

I have quite a few anniversary cards to make over the next couple of months and here are a couple that I have made.

This card started out as a white on white card, then I decided to add a bit of black to it.

Recipe :-

Square card blank 

White packing paper embossed with swiss dots folder 

Greeting - mixture of stamps (think they maybe papermaina ones!)

Nestabilities - wonky rectangles

Black ink to edge 

Ribbon from stash

Paper flower and gems from stash.

This is a Tatty Ted card.

Recipe:-

Image - Tatty Ted 3d image

double sided backing paper from Forever Friends paper pack

Scalloped circle nestie and ribbon nestie for the greeting

Backing paper for image and greeting in other side to backing paper

Greeting in same pack as topper

Gems and ribbon from stash.

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Cheated a bit today

Wanted to make a card today but mojo ha left me...so found a couple of packs I had left over from my trip to Appleby Magna earlier this year and made them.

I love doing these cards as they are so simple and easy and I think look classy.

For details of the card please see here.

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