I told you I'd be ready in 5 minutes, stop calling me every half hour!

I'm still broke!
And that means no new stash for me - sob**
But, I'm kinda having fun rummaging through all my old stamps
and seeing if I can make use of them.

Here's a stamp that's never been inked up.
I could just never picture it on a card before, but I gave it a go for the MUSE challenge.

I followed the general layout of Vicki's Muse card, but went for pinks with the green, instead of her reds.

Supplies.
Stamp - Kanban Lady, coloured with Copics.
Sent stamp - part Kanban with 'Birthday' from Clearly Besotted, Make A Wish
Striped Ribbon. Sequin and Pearls

O Christmas Tree

Here's a set of Christmas cards that my daughter Annabel asked me to make for her.

She told me exactly what she wanted - I just bought the supplies and made the cards!!

Annabel chose this gorgeous font, that I printed out on smooth, white cardstock. I went over the letters with a glue pen and sprinkled on some fine, silver glitter.

Then I stamped the silhouette tree (Kanban) and mattted onto black card.

Very simple, but very pretty and my pics don't do them justice at all.

Entered in the Less is More challenge - Silhouettes

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Go Green...

Today I have spent the day crafting, when really I should have been getting on with some housework.

I will just have time, after posting this, to rush round with the hoover and spray some furniture polish about - make hubby think I have been busy!!

This is for my SIL's birthday next week - I hope she likes bright!!
The background is a single piece of Kaisercraft DP, that I didn't want to cover up too much. Luckily there was an area of white space where I could place my circle and image.

When I have a large area, like this Diva's dress, I usually resort to paper piecing ('cos I don't trust my colouring skills) but I got the Copics out for this one and I'm really pleased with the way it turned out.

Challenges - 

Ladybug Crafts Ink -  Summer Birthdays (you have until the end of July to enter)

The Paper Shelter - The Colour Green

Aud Sentiments - Use the sentiment 'enjoy your day' or any other sentiment to make someone smile.

Supplies - 

Stamp - Kanban Diva, Let's Go Shopping.

DP - Kaisercraft, La Di Da

Sentiment Stamp - Wild Rose Studio, Girly Greetings

Necklace - Liquid Pearls, White Opal

Ribbon from my stash

A nice cuppa!

Shhhhhhhhhh.... can you hear that?  Silence!  Bliss! 
Hubby is back to work - Maria and Annabel are back at Uni - the dog is asleep on the sofa - even the hamster has put his escape plans on hold  :-))

Here's a card I made for a friend. She's not allowed to drink alcohol right now, so I thought the image was appropriate. I'm going to staple a teabag to the inside and tell her to have a drink on us!!! :D)
(She already thinks I'm MAD, so that's OK)

 Challenges

CES - Inspirational Picture. I used the checks from the bed, the dots to represent the drawer handles, and the green from the flowers.

Cupcake Craft - Something beginning with 'C' - there's is a little cupcake on there and, of course, a cuppa!!  :-)

Pink Elephant - Sketch

Stamp - Kanban Divas Let's Do Lunch, coloured with Copics and a little green glitter.

DP - Pink Petticoat, Spots and Gingham           Sentiment - Craftwork Cards.

Take Two !!

My girls and I have blackbelts in shopping, but we are long overdue a little trip, so I made this card as an invitation to them - time to get out that plastic!!!

Challenges - Less is More,  One Layer AND Off the Edge.   In my excitement to actually come up with an idea for my last card, I forgot that it needed to be one layer - hopefully this card qualifies. Awesome entries this week - sorry I haven't been able to comment on more, but installing/decorating the new bathroom is keeping me busy.

 Stamps from Kanban, Damask Divas, Let's Go Shopping. Coloured with Copics.

Hey Girlfriend

The sun is shining and I am feeling orange! It seems to be the colour I am drawn to at the moment - not sure what that says about me!
Here's a card I made for a friend's birthday.

This is another stamp from my new fav. set of Kanban Damask Divas. It took me ages to colour this and I don't think the shading is quite right, but I am still pretty pleased with the overall look. 

I also discovered that, instead of trying to chalk/ink the edges of my paper with my limited supplies, I could just use a Copic. You all knew this, right?? I know, I am a bit slow. So , that's what I did on the text paper,

not sure if the camera really picks it up.
I also added a few little crystal to her necklace.

Challenges - 

Craft Your Days Away -  I followed the great sketch from Joanne.

Papertake - Anything Goes (optional extra of 'something old' )

Top Tip - Favourites. My new favourite is the stamp, but my all time favourite has to be ribbon. I LOVE ribbon. My budget won't stretch to new supplies right now, but I do spend hours drooling over online ribbon stores.  :D)
Digital Tuesday - Celebrations, plus a Blog Hop, with the chance to win some fabulous goodies.

Supplies

Stamp - Kanban, Damaask Divas, Let's Go Shopping - coloured with Copics.

DP - My Mind's Eye, Stella and Rose.        Ribbon and card candy from my stash.

Tiny crystal gems (on her necklace)

Retail Therapy.

I am thinking of making a banner for my blog saying ' I welcome constructive criticism'  :D)  Just visiting some of the entries for the Less is More challenge, and not only are the cards fab, but all the tips and advice left in people's comments are really helpful.

I think Chrissie and Mandi have a phenomenon on their hands!!!

Here's my entry for this week's 3 Squares theme.

 I stamped my image onto white card (square 1) and then stamped it again and cut out 2 areas of the image (squares 2 and 3).  I wanted to go for strong, bold colour on my image, so I kept shading to a minimum. I struggled with the black hair - my first attempt was just too flat and using a white pen for the highlights didn't work. In the end, I left some small white lines as I was colouring and it seems to look a little better. Something to work on!
I agonised for ages about whether to run a black line around the card, in the end I went for it and I think it works. The image squares were then stuck on with tape, because I didn't want the shadows that sticky pads would have given.
 

I'm not sure now, if I should have only used colour on the small sqaures - like a spotlight technique. What do you think??

I think this card also fits the 'Fashion' challenge at Moving Along With the Times, so I am also entering it there.

Stamp is from Kanban - Damask Divas, Let's Go Shopping.