LIM 13 Lucky Dip, Thank You!

 Hello and welcome here, I've recovered from the sniffles of yesterday and am fully composed:0) I had a lovely time.

Now on to sensible stuff!!!?



A card for Less Is More Challenge 13, the task from Chrissy Lady LIM  and Mandy Diva LIM this week is 

THANK YOU or CONGRATULATIONS

 I have stamped this little combination many times this morning , I masked and extended I did different backgrounds, I coloured and eventually ended up here.
I think I'm happy but............. you've heard that before I know :0)









Hope you have a great day, two more days of hols before folks go back to work and my builders arrive to get on with  the job :0) xxx


Background stamp from the Stampman  Aspects of Design 2- Nautical, Love this writing, it's stamped in Pearlescent Beige Brilliance ink.
 The Flowers are from Elusive Images and as far as I know not available any more.
Sentiment from Waltzingmouse stamps, Fancy Phrases.
The shiny bits are Suze Weinberg's Beadazzels, Jazz

OLW 51 Three of a kind...................

                                                                  Congratulations!

 Hello my friends, on this Royal wedding day, I shed a tear, what is that all about? I'm happy for them!!I wish them the very best! What a wonderful spectacle we watched, fabulous celebrations:0)

OLW 51 The challenge set this week by Jennifer is 3 cards with the same stamps..............here's my effort

 Rules;
1. A one-layer card is defined as a single piece of cardstock folded in half.
2. Make THREE one-layer cards using the same image stamp on each one but vary the occasion or feel of the card
by changing the sentiment and/or ink colour and/or cardstock colour.

3. Please share your creation by posting your card online and then using  Inlinkz below to link to it.
3a. Please put all three of your cards into the same post.
(more rules on Jennifer's blog)

Okay, I wasn't happy with the first bunch (bit boring I thought:{ ) so they've been relegated to second place now, sorry, getting picky in my old age:0)

First photo, stamps by Poppy stamps, Theresa Tea Time and Sincere Salutations SU, again!

Second photo  I used the flourish from , PI Mat stack 2 and the Sincere Salutations from SU.
Have a great weekend TTFN :0)

Hello! 2 new challenges 4 me! And an awardYay!

 Hello to you my crafty friends,
I made a card using Stampotique images using the Quail cube again, just love the little birdies. I also used a Spellbinders border die the Fleur di lis  I can see that I'm going to use this a lot, love the shape of it.

This is my first entry for the Stampotique Designers challenge and also for Move Along With The Times challenge.








The Stampotique requirement is a sketch  this time and Move Along with the Times is 'Anything Goes'

So I'm hoping I've fulfilled all the necessary conditions:~D









Then I was given an award by a very lovely crafty lady Jenny her very interesting and inspirational blog is HERE  Jenny is a talented lady and does lots of different crafts, card making, scrap booking and she takes a mean photo too, check her out :0) xxx
Thank you Jenny for this award and your really kind words, you are a star!
I am supposed to tell you 5 things about myself, well I did this last year and here is the confessional, you need a warning though, you're not gonna like me after this, I'm a BAD mum!Actually I've mentioned 7 things, I could erase my worst sins but nah it's a warts and all expose, bite the bullet mustavcoffee!
Now I'm also supposed to give this award to 5 more versatile bloggers but I've found that many people don't want to or haven't got the time or for whatever reason do not participate so if I may, I would like to offer this to

Esther at Crafty Effusions gorgeous creations and multi talented lady

Tejal at Creative Expressions wonderful crafting from the floor! but seriously Tejal creates beautiful cards, gift books and has a passion for butterflies:0)

Sylvia-Anne at Poppy's Papercraft Patch, beautiful creations and such a warm welcome every visit.

Sandra at Stamping for Pleasure So much fun with this lovely lady, she often makes me LOL and does fabulous cards, always well worth a visit.

And Last but not least  Mass of Hair at her blog So Much to Learn I love her enthusiasm and great humour in her creations, we all have so much to learn and we never stop doing so but I love that she uses that as her blog title, fantastic.

Thanks Ladies, so much inspiration but please don't feel you have to participate, it's good to give you a shout out :0) xxx

OLW 50 deserving another effort, methinks!

Simplicity has had 50 challenges so far and I wanted to have a second go at Susan's challenge, which is to dust off an old stamp and show it some ink and some lurve.................and make a Thank You card.

I loved colouring this with my Copics, had a small problem with the background, getting it to fade is not as easy as it looks. What doesn't help is the fact that I can't leave it alone just when it looks finished I go and fiddle, I'm sure you know what I mean :0)






 I did use some glitter on her outfit it's very subtle , black diamond Stickles, you can just see it in this pic, if you screw your eyes up and pretend okay?


Well I have the builders arriving back in the morning, I think I must go and clear the decks. I'll be up early and making tea like it's going out of fashion, again, LOL.
I hope you have a great week:0)


Stamp, Hampton Art, Tea Time
Sentiment, Penny Black, Kindness