Less is More # 70 Red, White and Blue

Happy Sunday All!

Well the Jubilee weekend has got off to a bad start weather wise.We have heavy rain up here and it looks to be set in for the day. Mind you we shouldn`t expect any different  really, seeing as it always rains on bank holiday`s. Mother Nature has a weird sense of humour sometimes.

We have a colour challenge this week at Less is More. The ladies want to be all patriotic and use
                                    Red White & Blue

I must admit to struggling a bit (again) with this one. I felt a bit odd yesterday and couldn`t muster up much enthusiasm and then I woke up this morning with a rotten head cold. I also didn`t want to go down the obvious route of using the Union Flag but couldn`t thinkof anything that hadn`t already been done. There are some fabulous entries already this week. I finished up making this half hearted effort which I`m not very proud of.
With hindsight I think I should have stamped something in the rectangle before adding the daisy and butterflies.

I masked of a rectangle with post- its and inked it up with Memento Bahama Blue and Danube Blue, then made a frame with nestie rectangles.
I punched two daisies and layered them up adding a clear gem to the centre.
Then I punched some tiny butterflies in red, white and blue card and arranged them over the frame adding a tiny gem to each.
Again with hindsight I should have done my sentiment straight onto the card but left it too late so I`ve cut one out and raised it with foam pads.
As I said I`m not 100% happy with this one but I`m blaming my fuzzy head lol.


Enjoy your extended weekend and I hope the weather gets much better. Spare a thought for me, I`m working both monday and tuesday. Oh the joys of working in retail :(


Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

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St Lukes Charity Card Challenge ...Furry Friends

Good Morning to you all.I hope I find you well.
As it`s the 1st of the month that means it`s a brand new challenge at St Lukes Charity Card Challenge. We have a fun challenge for you this month to let you all get over the trauma of one layer month lol.

                                                   Our little Furry Friends.
include an image, charm or papers which feature something cute and furry- dogs, cats, teddies or even a furry monster.
My card features something that some of you might consider to be little monsters but these ones are really cute.

 I`ve used this gorgeous stamp from Crafters Companion Beatrix Potter collection called Appley Dapply`s Nursery Rhymes coloured with Promarkers.
I used Pink Petticoat DP from the Vintage Roses set for the background.
The image is cut out using a nestie circle matted onto a Spellbinders Fleur de Lis motifs circle.
Some punched daisies with gem centres and computer generated sentiment cut out with a lacey oval die to finish. 

We have another fabulous prize for you this month for the outright winner, this terrific Text It background stamp from Waltzing Mouse,

 How cool is that?
Don`t forget to check out the rest of the DT inspiration over on the main blog and also you can donate your card to sell at one of the summer fairs that Tara will be joining to raise funds for this wonderful cause.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx 

Wedding card

Good Morning All!

Not a very nice day here today,we have rain. It`s my day off but I`ve got to go out to the hairdressers this afternoon. Is there any wonder that we`re obsessed with the weather in this country?
Anyway the forecast is looking good for saturday which is when my neice is getting married. Unfortunately we can`t be there but I`ve made a card to send. I`ve kept it simple as it has to go in the post.

I scored a lattice pattern onto some pink pearlescent card and matted it onto some silver mirri card before placing it using foam pads.
The sentiment is by Rubbadubbadoo, stamped in embossing ink and embossed in silver detail EP, then cut out with a nestie Labels 4 die. I place that with foam pads.
I added some white pearls to where the lines cross and,`Voila! All ready to pop in the post.

Don`t forget to pop back tomorrow where we have a brand new St Lukes Challenge, I think you`ll like this one.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Poppy Anniversary Card.

Good afternoon All!

Well the beautiful sunshine we`ve been enjoying has finally come to an end. I wonder if it`s because I have a day off tomorrow lol. The clouds are building but it`s still warm, hopefully summer will start proper week after next when I`ve got a week off work ;)

It was Cheryl and Darren`s wedding anniversary last sunday so ofcourse I made them a card. As Cheryl`s fave colour is red and she once told me her favourite flowers were Poppies, I`ve once again gone with a red poppy card. In fact she loves poppies so much Ruby was going to be Poppy for a while.
Anyway, enough waffle, here`s the card,

It`s a rubbish photo I`m afraid. I had a marathon card making session over the weekend and by the time I took piccy`s the light was at the wrong side of the house so all this weeks pics are dreadful. Note to self...take photographs in the morning.
Back to the card.
Red base card run through the cuttlebug with Crafts Too Damask EF.
Poppy stamp from Chocolate Baroque Fresh Florals set stamped onto strip of white card and coloured with Promarkers.Corners rounded and then raised using foam pads.
Sentiment by Rubbadubbadoo stamped onto a tiny strip of white card and placed across panel with foam pads.
Nice, simple but effective card.

I had a better nights sleep last night which is just as well as we`ve been mega busy at work today and I`ve got a wedding card to finish so I can mail it tomorrow. See you then.

Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

More man cards

Hello All!

A really quick post from me today `cos it`s getting late and I`m tired.
In Hull we have two rugby league teams, Hull Kingston Rovers who play in a red and white strip and Hull FC who play in a black and white strip. I thought these little cards would be a fun addition to the fundraising box.

I printed the stripes from Pink Petticoat onto white card.
The little rugby player is by Creative stamping and I stamped him onto the base card. I cut a strip of the stripes to the required width then cut an oval with a nestie, ( because it resembles a rugby ball) lined it up with the image then cut the length.
I`ve raised that panel with foam pads. The sentiment is by Anita`s and that is placed with foam pads too.
The image is coloured with Promarkers.

Right that`s it from me, I`m done in.
Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Vintage Toppers

Good Afternoon All. I hope you are all well.
Last week Tracy from Cardmakers Delight sent me some of her gorgeous toppers to try and I all I had to do in return was to make a card and blog it. How cool is that?
The most difficult part was choosing just one topper to make my first card with. I decided on this gorgeous birdcage one,

 Not the best photo, the lights not very good at this time of day up here I`m afraid.
The colours in the topper were perfect to match up with these papers from Papermania Blueberry Hill.
I`ve simply added a doily, some flowers from my stash and a computer generated sentiment.
I`m really pleased with this, the colours are so summery and fresh.
I would like to call it " Shabby Chic" but I just can`t bring myself to do the shabby bit. I love other peoples creations when they do distressing and rough edges but the neat freak in me simply won`t allow me to. I like my edges clean and crisp. Does that make me A/R? probably lol.  Anyway check out Tracy`s store and her toppers. They are absolutely fabulous and there are such a lot to choose from.

Hope you like it Tracy x

I`m entering this card into this weeks DYSU  challenge,` A little bird told me`
(thanks Tara)
and also Our Creative Corner who want Shabby Chic.
Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx

Casual Fridays Masculine

Good Afternoon Everyone.
In all the excitment of seeing Ruby yesterday I forgot to welcome my new followers. Very remiss of me I know and I apologise. So I would like to extend a very warm welcome to Samantha, Tracy and Misseke. Thank you for choosing my blog to follow.

Over on CAS- ual Fridays the challenge is to make a clean and simple male card. Now you all know how I struggle with man cards and the men themselves don`t exactly help do they? I swear if it was left to my OH there would be no such things as greeting cards at all. But I have to make a start on some for the fundraising box so this is my first one of (hopefully) many.

I know I seem to be using this design a lot lately but it works for me.
Background is Pink Petticoat Chevron in Duck Egg.
I printed the letters on the PC using Ariel Hollow font and then filled them in with blue glitter using a fine tip nozzle. Wasn`t sure about glitter on man cards but hey..even men need a bit of sparkle in their lives don`t they?
The sentiment is from 2 different stamp sets and I can`t remember which sorry, stamped inVersafine Onyx. The banner is simply a strip cut with the trimmer and I`ve made the `v`s` with the corner of a square nestie.
Nice simple little card. I haven`t joined in with the casual girls in ages so I`m pleased I had the time to do this one.

We had a lovely afternoon with Ruby and her mum & dad yesterday. Ruby arrived dressed in her new Tinkerbell dress and the easter bonnet I made for her. Believe me it`s a look only a three year old can carry off, hee hee she looked a picture. After the obligatory counting of the fish in the pond and watering the plants ( something that has become a ritual) she found the biscuits and settled down to stuff her face. All was going so well until she decided to climb onto a dining chair and promptly slid off between the back rest and the seat banging her head on the radiator control knob. She has a huge egg on the back of her head and there were tears all round, including me but she`s fine again now. Poor little mite, as if she`s not going through enough right now.

Right I`m off again to enjoy the sunshine while I can.
Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx