Less is More!

Hello everyone, another bright but chilly day here in Birmingham, UK.
Here is my first card for a Less is More Challenge.
The ladies are celebrating their 1st birthday so I thought I'd join the celebrations and play along.
This card took me five attempts, yes FIVE, to get it nearly right. CAS cards are so unforgiving.
I take my hat off to all you CAS Divas who turn out perfection each and every time!
I'd had this card in my head for about two or three weeks but hadn't quite settled on the final format. Seeing this LIS sketch brought everything together for me!
I used Hampton Arts shadow block 'It's a square' for the blocks of colour and the inchies are from Inkadinkadoo's 'Special Thoughts' Clear stamp set.I used my trusty Hougie board for the scoring. It may look like a kiddies toy but it's great to use.
I feel a bit shy about entering this card for the Less is more Challenge as some of the entries are fabulous but I guess you've gotta start somewhere!

Anyhooo. I'm a very busy bee today so I must buzzzzzz.

Happy crafting everyone, it's nearly the weekend!

Cheers to you!

Brrrrrr, it's so chilly today!
Thankfully my craft room is the cosiest room in the house so what a great excuse to spend the day there.
There's so much that I'm not sure about with this card... but I love the colours, the sweet sketch, the cute buttons and Kraftin' Kimmie's Sophia.
The papers are oldies from Stampin' Up as one of my resolutions for 2012 is to use my stash rather than hoarding it. The stripes on the top half of the card were supposed to go vertically but guess who stuck the paper down before she realised!
This card is for my sweet friend Karen. I think Sophia really should be quaffing white wine as that's Karen's favourite tipple, but I'm sure she wouldn't turn her nose up at something pink with an olive in it.
Hubby finished the fence over the weekend (he worked so hard) and it looks great. The only problem is that the cat is scared of it as he doesn't like change!

This card is for the following challenges:
The Pink Elephant - use your favourite colours.
The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Anything goes with blue
Sketch Saturday - a lovely sketch (which I can't paste onto my desktop for some reason).
ABC Challenge - H is for Happy Birthday.
Happy Crafting everyone!

Butterfly girl

Hi everyone, sorry I've not been around much recently. I hope that 2012 is going well for you all, I have to say it's been a bit of a rollercoaster ride for me: hence my lack of blogging and crafting.
I was trying to make some quick and easy 'thank you' cards and decided to use this pretty butterfly girl stamp. I've spent ages trying to track down the stamp company, or image name, but can't come up with either as the packaging is just a clear bag. If any kind person knows I'd be grateful if they could please leave a comment and I'll update the information.
The background is stamped with Gertie Girlie stamps from the Stella and Rose My Mind's Eye collection, plus my favourite dots from Hero Arts.
A little ribbon and a Stella and Rose brad and I called it done! I was trying to capture the look of a sepia photograph... not sure it quite worked but hey ho.
I best scoot along as hubby is mending broken fencing and might need a cuppa.
Happy crafting everyone!

Happy New Year, darlings!

Hi everyone, just a quick visit to wish you all a very happy new year.
I hope it brings you happiness, good health and lot's of crafty fun.

Happy Christmas everyone!

I can't believe this is my first post for December... sorry everyone!
I've been rather poorly so didn't manage to hit the craft room until last weekend.
My inspiration for getting back in the crafting saddle was the need to make a card for my Dad's birthday. I'm amazed that he is now 76 as he is as lively as a cricket and never fails to be the life and soul of the party! Dad loves the Peanuts characters, so when I saw this sweet stamp on offer over at the Craft Barn I just had to get it.
Next up I'm going to share two cards that I made using a gorgeous stamp from Crafty Individuals. I thought CAS with red and cream was just the ticket. The red ink and the cardstock is Stampin' Up Real Red - lovely!
The next image is also from Crafty Individuals. I stamped in Memento and then coloured with a variety if Distress inks, and mounted on a leftover of that rich red card. I really like this traditional image of Santa on his sleigh.
My final two cards are the one's that I made for my parents......and for my hubby.
I've had my eye on this image from the fabulous Mo Manning for ages, but have never felt that my colouring skills could do it justice. In the end I decided to throw caution to the wind and go for it!

Well, that just leaves me to wish you all a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS.
Thank you for all your friendship, kind comments and inspiration... Blog friends are real friends and I appreciate each and every one of you.
Festive hugs and kisses to you all, hope you have the best Christmas ever.

Delia is a vision in green!

Love this cute stamp from Sugar Nellie so much!

I don't often use green, yet it's a colour I always love seeing on cards around Blogland, so I decided to 'go green' for this simple birthday card.
The background is stamped with the butterflies from a Hero Arts clear design set called 'Birds and Butterflies'. I think this was the first ever Clear Design set that I bought so it was good to get it inked up with Distress inks again.
Not much else to add about this card as it is quite plain and fuss free.
Hope you all have a good day, and I'll try and get a little visiting done today as I haven't had much opportunity this week.
Hugs to you all!!!!